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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (253101)	1/4/2008 8:33:20 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Charitable giving and paying taxes are separate in my mind, mutually exclusive might be the better word. Paying more taxes probably wouldn't change the amount of money I give to charities each year. But that's because I'm assuming any democratic increase on me isn't going to be huge. I'm not in a high bracket. What I'd lose would be the 15% capital gain and dividend, etc. structure but that's not all my income. I'm really not worried. I'm less worried about the way a dem administration will spend my tax dollars than I am about a rep administration. I'm assuming dems will use the money to pay down debt and shore up SS and Medicare, but I do want to see lots of specifics once we have a dem nominee and we move closer to the election. But I do understand what you're saying about how you feel about govt. spending.