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To: stsimon who wrote (44685)	1/4/2009 8:07:37 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

Tax cuts were made to stimulate the economy and you advocate higher taxation? June 2001: First Bush tax cut, the 10-year, $1.35 trillion Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act, lowered income and estate tax rates. Expires Dec. 31, 2010. 2nd Bush tax cut, (May 2003) $350 billion, accelerated rate cuts, lowered rates on capital gains and dividends,

To: stsimon who wrote (44685)	1/4/2009 8:10:24 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

Remember the Obama who denounced Bush’s evil tax cuts for the rich? The Obama whose running mate called upper income earners opposed to higher taxes unpatriotic? That’s so last August. The 2009 Wave O’Change will keep the Bush tax cuts in place, undermining the patriotism of wealthy Americans for at least another year you couldn’t turn on C-SPAN in 2008 without hearing candidate Obama promising to change the way Washington does business. In 2009, we’ll be changing the way we change the way Washington works, with the help of fresh-faced change agents named Clinton, Volcker and Daschle. news.bostonherald.com

To: stsimon who wrote (44685)	1/4/2009 10:06:22 AM
From: paintbrush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217574

What is the definition of rich? Obama keeps moving the figure. Who defines rich?