<DIV>Roger,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I agree that other than Obama, we should be voting mostly Republican this election. However, I don't think you can fairly compare 1999 income tax rates to 2008 tax rates because people making $50K in 1999 had a much higher rate of disposable income to be able to pay more. 50K in 1999 is much more than 50K in 2008. There are lots more people making 50K now than in 1999.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Second, Republicans controlled Congress in 1998 and were the ones that set the tax rate in 1999, The lower tax rate in 2008 was set by Democrats in 2007. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Finally, while I agree we should cut the faucet off to free cash and services to illegal laborers, the Iraqi war is a huge burden on the American wallet and conscious and the main reason why the Republicans are being removed from Congress. It was in fact Bush's idea to give loans to poor people that couldn't afford them, and to go to war in Iraq. He
has also refused to enforce illegal immigration laws, his responsibility. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Democrats are guilty too. But I will be voting this election based on the best of the worst. I might vote McCain, but only because Hillary is the VP on the other ticket. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>lfalen <lfalen@turbonet.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>-----Original message-----<BR><BR>From: "Eileen Rowan" rowan33@suddenlink.net<BR>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:16:53 -0700<BR>To: rowan33@suddenlink.net<BR>Subject: FW: info you may want to consider before you cast your vote<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>This email comes in three parts:<BR><BR>Part 1<BR><BR>In just one year. Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might<BR>Like to read the following:<BR><BR>A little over one year ago:<BR><BR>1)
Consumer confidence stood at a 2 ½ year high;<BR>2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;<BR>3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.<BR><BR>Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:<BR><BR>1) Consumer confidence plummet;<BR>2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;<BR>3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);<BR>4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value<BR>Evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);<BR>5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion<BR>Dollars;<BR>6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.<BR><BR>America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!<BR><BR>Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to<BR>Work with what's handed to him.<BR><BR><BR>Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation<BR>in<BR>The history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to<BR>Change it.' -- Barack Obama<BR><BR><BR>Part 2:<BR><BR>Taxes...Whether Democrat
or a Republican you will find these<BR>Statistics enlightening and amazing.<BR><BR>www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html <BR><BR><BR>Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008<BR>Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax<BR><BR>$4,500<BR><BR>Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax<BR><BR>$12,500<BR>Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax<BR><BR>$18,750<BR>Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax<BR>$9,000<BR>Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax<BR><BR>$18,750<BR>Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax<BR><BR>$31,250<BR><BR><BR>Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates<BR><BR>It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above<BR>Think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest<BR>President<BR>Ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal<BR>The Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the
people that fall into the<BR>Categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie<BR>The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and<BR>they<BR>Don't even know what happened.<BR><BR><BR><BR>PART 3:<BR><BR>You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:<BR><BR>Boy, am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it<BR>Is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now<BR>Find that to be RIDICULOUS.<BR><BR>I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again<BR>Until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading<BR>Them. I have included the URL's for verification of all the following<BR>Facts.<BR><BR><BR>1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal<BR>Aliens each year by state governments.<BR>Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 <BR><BR>2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance<BR>Programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school
lunches for illegal<BR>Aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <BR><BR>3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal<BR>Aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <BR><BR>4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary<BR>School education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a<BR>Word of English!<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html<BR><BR><BR>5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the<BR>American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare<BR>& social services by the American taxpayers.<BR>Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html <BR><BR>9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are<BR>caused by the illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>10. The illegal aliens in the United States have a crime rate that's<BR>two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,<BR>their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in<BR>the US<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>11. Du ring the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal<BR>aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500<BR>illegal<BR>aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs,<BR>cocaine,<BR>meth,
heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U.S. from the Southern<BR>border.<BR>Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht <BR><BR>12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of<BR>mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average<BR>cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year<BR>period.'<BR>Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf<BR><BR><BR>13. In 2006 illegal aliens sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back<BR>to their countries of origin.<BR>Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm <BR><BR>14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex<BR>Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.'<BR>Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml <BR><BR>The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.<BR><BR>Are we THAT stupid?<BR><BR>If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the<BR>other hand, it does
raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope<BR>you<BR>forward it to every legal resident in the country including every<BR>representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as<BR>it<BR>takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and<BR>enforcement thereof.<BR><BR><BR><BR>~ It's not how much you do, but how much LOVE you put into the doing<BR>that matters. Mother Thersa<BR>~<BR><BR><BR><BR>The information contained in this electronic communication, and any<BR>electronic attachment(s), contains information belonging to the sender<BR>that is legally privileged and confidential. This information is<BR>intended only for the use of the named recipient(s) above. If you are<BR>not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that the law<BR>strictly prohibits any disclosure, copying, distribution, or action<BR>taken on the contents of these documents. If you received this<BR>electronic communication in error, immediately notify the
sender via<BR>reply email and delete this communication.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>From: "Eileen Rowan" <rowan33@suddenlink.net><BR>To: <rowan33@suddenlink.net><BR>Subject: FW: info you may want to consider before you cast your vote<BR>Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 21:16:53 -0600<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>This email comes in three parts:<BR><BR>Part 1<BR><BR>In just one year. Remember the election in 2006? Thought you might<BR>Like to read the following:<BR><BR>A little over one year ago:<BR><BR>1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 ½ year high;<BR>2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;<BR>3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.<BR><BR>Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen:<BR><BR>1) Consumer confidence plummet;<BR>2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon;<BR>3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);<BR>4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value<BR>Evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses);<BR>5) Americans have seen
their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion<BR>Dollars;<BR>6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.<BR><BR>America voted for change in 2006, and we got it!<BR><BR>Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to<BR>Work with what's handed to him.<BR><BR><BR>Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation<BR>in<BR>The history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to<BR>Change it.' -- Barack Obama<BR><BR><BR>Part 2:<BR><BR>Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these<BR>Statistics enlightening and amazing.<BR><BR>www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html <BR><BR><BR>Taxes under Clinton 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008<BR>Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax<BR><BR>$4,500<BR><BR>Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax<BR><BR>$12,500<BR>Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax<BR><BR>$18,750<BR>Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K-
tax<BR>$9,000<BR>Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax<BR><BR>$18,750<BR>Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax<BR><BR>$31,250<BR><BR><BR>Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates<BR><BR>It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above<BR>Think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest<BR>President<BR>Ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal<BR>The Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the<BR>Categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie<BR>The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and<BR>they<BR>Don't even know what happened.<BR><BR><BR><BR>PART 3:<BR><BR>You think the war in Iraq is costing us too much? Read this:<BR><BR>Boy, am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it<BR>Is the Iraq war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. I now<BR>Find that to be
RIDICULOUS.<BR><BR>I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again<BR>Until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading<BR>Them. I have included the URL's for verification of all the following<BR>Facts.<BR><BR><BR>1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal<BR>Aliens each year by state governments.<BR>Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 <BR><BR>2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance<BR>Programs such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal<BR>Aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <BR><BR>3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal<BR>Aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <BR><BR>4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary<BR>School education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a<BR>Word of English!<BR>Verify at:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html<BR><BR><BR>5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the<BR>American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare<BR>& social services by the American taxpayers.<BR>Verify at: http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html <BR><BR>9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are<BR>caused by the illegal aliens.<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>10. The illegal aliens in
the United States have a crime rate that's<BR>two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,<BR>their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in<BR>the US<BR>Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html<BR><BR><BR>11. Du ring the year of 2005 there were 4 to 10 MILLION illegal<BR>aliens that crossed our Southern Border also, as many as 19,500<BR>illegal<BR>aliens from Terrorist Countries. Millions of pounds of drugs,<BR>cocaine,<BR>meth, heroin and marijuana, crossed into the U.S. from the Southern<BR>border.<BR>Verify at: Homeland Security Report: http://tinyurl.com/t9sht <BR><BR>12. The National Policy Institute, 'estimated that the total cost of<BR>mass deportation would be between $206 and $230 billion or an average<BR>cost of between $41 and $46 billion annually over a five year<BR>period.'<BR>Verify at: http://www.nationalpolicyinstitute.org/pdf/deportation.pdf<BR><BR><BR>13. In 2006 illegal aliens
sent home $45 BILLION in remittances back<BR>to their countries of origin.<BR>Verify at: http://www.rense.com/general75/niht.htm <BR><BR>14. 'The Dark Side of Illegal Immigration: Nearly One Million Sex<BR>Crimes Committed by Illegal Immigrants In The United States.'<BR>Verify at: http://www.drdsk.com/articleshtml <BR><BR>The total cost is a whopping $ 338.3 BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.<BR><BR>Are we THAT stupid?<BR><BR>If this doesn't bother you then just delete the message. If, on the<BR>other hand, it does raise the hair on the back of your neck, I hope<BR>you<BR>forward it to every legal resident in the country including every<BR>representative in Washington, D.C. - five times a week for as long as<BR>it<BR>takes to restore some semblance of intelligence in our policies and<BR>enforcement thereof.<BR><BR><BR><BR>~ It's not how much you do, but how much LOVE you put into the doing<BR>that matters. Mother Thersa<BR>~<BR><BR><BR><BR>The information contained in this electronic
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