[Vision2020] Cost of Government Day

[Donovan Arnold]

Actually, I personally have been taxed much less under the Bush 
administrations then the Clinton administration. But that is probably 
because I could find gainful employment when Clinton was President.

Donovan J Arnold


>From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen@moscow.com>
>Reply-To: <thansen@moscow.com>
>To: "Dale Courtney" <dale@courtneys.us>, <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Cost of Government Day
>Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 12:05:57 -0700
>
>Upon review of this file (http://www.atr.org/pdffiles/2003cogd.pdf),  I
>discovered something very interesting.  The first chart reflects that the
>"cost of government" increased under Republican administrations (Reagan,
>Bush Sr., and Bush Jr.) and decreased (drastically) under Democratic
>administrations (Carter and Clinton).
>
>Can I put you down for a contribution to the Democratic Party, Mr. 
>Courtney?
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-admin@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-admin@moscow.com]On
> > Behalf Of Dale Courtney
> > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:28 AM
> > To: vision2020@moscow.com
> > Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Cost of Government Day
> >
> >
> > Jim Wallis wrote:
> >
> > > "Cost of Government Day" is based on the estimated cost of all
> > > government, including taxes and the direct and indirect costs of
> > > government regulation.
> >
> > To see exactly what was included, please see:
> > http://www.atr.org/pdffiles/2003cogd.pdf
> >
> > 16.9% of our "taxed" overhead go to allowing the "government" to 
>regulate
> > our lives -- everything from air bags to the size of the windows in your
> > bedroom (so much for keeping government out of the bedroom!).
> >
> > Best,
> > Dale Courtney
> > Moscow, Idaho
> >
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