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Politics : Clinton's Scandals: Is this corruption the worst ever? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Les H who wrote (6847)	9/24/1998 10:07:00 AM
From: Big D	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13994

It's called "buying votes". Why do you think the Congressional Black Caucus is the major voting block for Clinto.

To: Les H who wrote (6847)	9/24/1998 9:21:00 PM
From: Earl Risch	Respond to of 13994

"so that these programs become too big to undo. Something which almost every country with a Social Security program has been considering --- privatization." Les, Well said, as usual. I think a simpler federal tax(flat tax looks the most attractive to me), and privatization of SS would be a great start toward returning the government to the people. Almost every day I hear BC telling us how he's going to do us a favor and return a little bit of our tax money for some vote buying program he and HC dreamed up. I think there must be some way to explain to the American people how much better off we would all be if we were allowed to keep most of our money and make our own decisions about how to spend it. Since everyone is so busy, the message would probably have to be delivered in short sound bites, like an ad for a soft drink. There must be a way, ER