OT $10,000 Reward

The Pirate notes:
At any rate, it almost doesn't matter to me anymore. Getting too old I
guess.

yeah, who cares if your grandkids are paying out the wazoo to support a tax cut
for Ken Lay during a National Security Crisis? Therein lies the big crime.
Everyone blathers about how 9/11 changed everything....sure didn't change
Shrub's mind on rewarding his rich pals, did it?
Such patriotism! BTW, before anyone making less than $100,000 per annum tells
me about the wondrous tax cuts the middle class received, please do the math
and subtract figures for state, local tax increases, as well as increased user
fees and taxes on luxuries. Also, please subtract adequate amount for future
debt service, and then tell me how much this tax cut helps us all.
Tom

BTW, before anyone making less than $100,000 per annum tells
me about the wondrous tax cuts the middle class received, please do the math
and subtract figures for state, local tax increases, as well as increased user
fees and taxes on luxuries. Also, please subtract adequate amount for future
debt service, and then tell me how much this tax cut helps us all.
Tom

A book worth reading is _The Politics of Rich and Poor_, by Kevin
Philips. Philips was the Republican strategist credited with
inventing the "Southern Strategy" that got Nixon elected to the
Presidency. He then served as Assistant Attorney General until he saw
what was going on in the White House (it came to be called
"Watergate"), when he resigned in protest.

When ALL taxes are considered, the poor pay a higher percentage of
their income than the rich do. In other words, we have a regressive
tax system in the United States.

vince

Vince notes:
When ALL taxes are considered, the poor pay a higher percentage of
their income than the rich do. In other words, we have a regressive
tax system in the United States.

thank you, Vince....otherwise it would just seem like old Tom and his odd ideas
again. I have been touting this point for years and it is amazing how few
working people get it.
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrote

thank you, Vince....otherwise it would just seem like old Tom and his odd
ideas
again. I have been touting this point for years and it is amazing how few
working people get it.
Tom

well, obviously, as shown by the brilliance of posts by working people
like lat757 or whateverthe****, working people are far more concerned with
directing their energies to far more important things like a couple thousand
gay people getting "married", or whatever the **** they want to do.

yfitons
wayno (do you begin to understand why i refuse to engage in threads dealing
with politics and religion?)

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:46:44 GMT, "Wayne Harrison" wrote:


"Tom Littleton" wrote

thank you, Vince....otherwise it would just seem like old Tom and his odd
ideas
again. I have been touting this point for years and it is amazing how few
working people get it.
Tom

well, obviously, as shown by the brilliance of posts by working people
like lat757 or whateverthe****, working people are far more concerned with
directing their energies to far more important things like a couple thousand
gay people getting "married", or whatever the **** they want to do.

yfitons
wayno (do you begin to understand why i refuse to engage in threads dealing
with politics and religion?)

I think that ship already set sail...

/daytripper (But - do go on! You haven't said anything *I* disagree with ;-)

"Wayne Harrison" wrote in message
. com...

"Tom Littleton" wrote

thank you, Vince....otherwise it would just seem like old Tom and his odd
ideas
again. I have been touting this point for years and it is amazing how few
working people get it.
Tom

well, obviously, as shown by the brilliance of posts by working people
like lat757 or whateverthe****, working people are far more concerned with
directing their energies to far more important things like a couple thousand
gay people getting "married", or whatever the **** they want to do.

yfitons
wayno (do you begin to understand why i refuse to engage in threads dealing
with politics and religion?)

Is this one of those "no means yes" conundrums? ;-)
--
TL,
Tim
http://css.sbcma.com/timj

says...
thank you, Vince....otherwise it would just seem like old Tom and his odd ideas
again. I have been touting this point for years and it is amazing how few
working people get it.

It isn't that we don't get it, but are powerless to do anything about
it. For me it is a lack of hope in fixing things and this last "tax
break" merely confirmed my negativity. Money fuels politics and those
without it don't have much clout. Very cynical, but history supports
that belief.
--
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