well it is reported fact that tax revenue went up
after the tax cuts, not downas the opponants had
predicted. making it a streak. same thing happened
when jfk cut tax rates, same thing when reagan cut tax
rates. the goverment collected more money not less.
the ecconomy is stemilated and while %ages are cut
income totals go up.
so without tax cuts the deficiet would be bigger.
i paid less tax. got a check and cashed it. i guess
that is as direct as it can get. by the way, i do not
think i am rich.
--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken, Mike, et al,
>
> But how much would the deficit have increased
> without the tax cuts under
> Bush? And how many of us on the list have been able
> to directly benefit
> from those cuts? The reason I say "directly
> benefit," is that I don't
> want to start a thread on trickle down economics.
> Even Reagan and Bush
> Senior (President Daddy) backed away from that.
>
> Under Bill Clinton, we had budget surpluses, and now
> with Dubya, we have
> the largest annual deficits ever, even with the
> massive cuts to social
> programs. Granted, part of that is due to the
> hurricanes, and the war,
> both of which, IMO, were, and continue to be,
> terribly mishandled. To
> push to make the tax cuts permanent during a time of
> war is
> irresponsible, and flies in the face of the "paygo"
> (pay as you go)
> budgetary process. The earliest reference I can
> find to PAYGO is in an
> article about the 1993 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
> Act, which means
> that it was most likely instituted under Bush
> Senior, if not before.
>
> Yesterday I heard a statement by Secretary of State
> Rice about Iran,
> which sounded eerily similar to the "saber rattling"
> that went on before
> the start of military operations in Iraq. I agree
> that permitting Iran
> to develop nuclear weapons capabilities is not a
> good idea, but the
> thought of entering another military conflict when
> there are potential
> diplomatic options still to be explored is
> frightening. This is all the
> more disturbing when Iran is the piece of real
> estate that would link
> Afghanistan and Iraq, where there is a current US
> combat presence.
>
>
> Kendall
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken barber [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 10:52 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: dental question
>
> we are spending more money than ever before on
> education and we are getting nothing for it. even
> without the war, the deficiet would be going up.
>
> i am afraid that most of the problems we have,
> throwing money at it will not necessarily fix the
> problems. we need to think carfully before spendimg.
> how many mobile homes are sitting rotting in
> arkansas
> instead of being moved on into the katrina area
> becouse there is some reg about not putting them in
> a
> flood area. those cruise ships etc. just not very
> well
> thought out.
>
> the war on drugs is a waste.
>
> it isboth parties. whoever is in is spending too
> much.
> right now its the gop, next it may be the dems, but,
> nothing ever changes, the money keeps on going down
> rat holes while legitimate needs don't get met.
>
> bush is spending too much now, hillery will spend
> too
> much when she gets there. its like why bother
> voting.
> theres no difference.
>
> --- Magenta Raine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > The president is creating a tremendous debt that
> all
> > our kids will inherit.
> > I think it's quite clear that whoever is in
> office,
> > left, right or center,
> > will spend money on whatever their cause is. we
> need
> > to be spending money
> > for education, health care for elderly and PWD,
> > rebuilding the towns that
> > got hit by katrina. I think it's safe to say that
> > what is going on in Iraq,
> > needs to be done by the Iraqis, not by American
> > troops.
> >
> > Mag
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > [log in to unmask]
> > Come visit my new store!
> > http://www.cafepress.com/TamarMag
> > visit my Blog at;
> > http://tamarmag-newsletters.blogspot.com/
> >
> >
> > > [Original Message]
> > > From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> > > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > > Date: 3/23/2006 7:56:29 PM
> > > Subject: Re: dental question
> > >
> > > I THINK OTHER THINGS ARE DOING THEIR PART (opps,
> > caps)
> > > on the budget. for sure the spending is outof
> > sight.
> > > and i am not mad at all.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Mike Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Thank the DUBYA for that! (I know, I know,
> Ken
> > will
> > > > be mad at me. I'm
> > > > sorry, Ken, but I just think the war in Iraq
> is
> > > > eating up the budget.)
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> > > > Anthony Arnold
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:35 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: dental question
> > > >
> > > > I'm currently seen by a local dentist, who
> tries
> > his
> > > > very best to clean my
> > > > teeth, but he's unable to get x-rays and he
> > doesn't
> > > > have OR privileges, it
> > > > isn't that he isn't willing to, but I think
> cost
> > > > factors may apply. For a
> > > > couple of years, we had a arrangement with the
> > > > residency program through the
> > > > Dental School at the University of Minnesota,
> > but
> > > > due to state budget cuts
> > > > they had to discontinue that division of the
> > school,
> > > > and I don't understand
> > > > why they couldn't just transfer the patients
> > over to
> > > > the regular dental
> > > > school. The state was saying they weren't
> > making
> > > > enough money to keep the
> > > > division operational, but yet the staff was
> > saying
> > > > it wasn't true.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Anthony
> > > > Visit my website at www.anthonyarnold.net
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Cerebral Palsy List
> > > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
> Of
> > > > Deri James
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:33 PM
> > > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > > Subject: Re: dental question
>
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