[Vision2020] Dick Cheney's 2003 tax savings larger than your annual income.
Joan Opyr
auntiestablishment@hotmail.com
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 15:47:38 -0700
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Tim writes:
>Yep, Dick and Dub really are rich guys. Good thing the Democrat party n=
ominated a good ole joe >sixpack type of fella who feels our economic pai=
n! =20
And then he goes on to tell us that, surprise, surprise, John Kerry is ri=
ch too. Wow. I'm stunned. Tim-- are you implying that here, in the Uni=
ted States of America, major political party candidates are not selected =
from the check-out line at the Wal-Mart? That we don't look in the oil p=
it at Jiffy Lube for our commanders in chief? Good heavens! From whence=
will come our generation's Honest Abe, rising from his humble cabin in t=
he woods of Illinois, walking to school barefoot, killin' himself a bear =
when he was only three . . . no wait, that was Davy Crockett. Look, unti=
l we provide an even-handed social safety net featuring universal health =
care, a guaranteed living wage for full-time work, and a good, well-funde=
d, accessible state education, I don't think there will be any future pre=
sidents born in the Stadium Way Trailer Court. Sorry. This is not a mer=
itocracy, and that's a shame. A terrible shame. =20
But here's the point of publishing far and wide Dick and George's incredi=
ble boondoggle: the mega-rich have handed themselves an enormous tax cut,=
and their annual savings . . . their SAVINGS . . . thanks to this lop-si=
ded tax cut are far larger than most of our annual incomes. The rich are=
truly getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. The question, fo=
r me, is not whether George and Dick are as rich as John, but what they i=
ntend, respectively, to do for those who haven't been born with a silver =
foot in their mouths -- those who instead got a mouth full of athlete's f=
oot, or Plantar's wart, or toenail fungus. I hate to get all Biblical on=
you, but "to whom much is given, from him that much more shall be expect=
ed." Our rampant tax-cutting friends have been systematically turning th=
is maxim on its ear since the early 1970s. Enough.
It was shocking to discover that George W. Bush had begun to make me feel=
nostalgic for Richard Nixon, but now I find that Dick Cheney is forcing =
me to reassess Spiro Agnew. Aaaarrrggghhhh!
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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Tim writes:</D=
IV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>>Yep, Dick and Dub really are rich guys.&nb=
sp; Good thing the Democrat party nominated a good ole joe >sixpack ty=
pe of fella who feels our economic pain! </DIV> <DIV> </=
DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And then he goes on to tell us that, sur=
prise, surprise, John Kerry is rich too. Wow. I'm stunned.&nb=
sp; Tim-- are you implying that here, in the United States of America,&nb=
sp;major political party candidates are not selected from the check-=
out line at the Wal-Mart? That we don't look in the oil pit at=
Jiffy Lube for our commanders in chief? Good heavens! From w=
hence will come our generation's Honest Abe, rising from h=
is humble cabin in the woods of Illinois, walking to school barefoot=
, killin' himself a bear when he was only three . . . no wait, =
that was Davy Crockett. Look, until we provide an even-handed =
social safety net featuring universal health care, a guaranteed living wa=
ge for full-time work, and a good, well-funded, accessible state edu=
cation, I don't think there will be any future presidents born =
in the Stadium Way Trailer Court. Sorry. This is not a merito=
cracy, and that's a shame. A terrible shame. =
</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But here's the point of publishing far and=
wide Dick and George's incredible boondoggle: the mega-rich ha=
ve handed themselves an enormous tax cut, and their annual savi=
ngs . . . their SAVINGS . . . thanks to this lop-side=
d tax cut are far larger than most of our annual incomes.  =
;The rich are truly getting richer, and the poor are getting poorer. =
; The question, for me, is not whether George and Dick are as rich a=
s John, but what they intend, respectively, to do for those who have=
n't been born with a silver foot in their mouths -- those who instea=
d got a mouth full of athlete's foot, or Plantar's wart, or toenail =
fungus. I hate to get all Biblical on you, but "to whom much is giv=
en, from him that much more shall be expected." Our rampant&nb=
sp;tax-cutting friends have been systematically turning this maxim o=
n its ear since the early 1970s. Enough.</DIV> <DIV> =
;</DIV> <DIV>It was shocking to discover that George W. Bu=
sh had begun to make me feel nostalgic for Richard Nixon, but n=
ow I find that Dick Cheney is forcing me to reassess Spiro Agnew.&nb=
sp; Aaaarrrggghhhh!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establi=
shment </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML><br c=
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