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Sadly, to some people, this is not a rhetorically ironic question at all. They've got a resounding "YES!!!" already demonstrated.<br><br>Keely<br><br><br><br><br>> From: suehovey@moscow.com<br>> To: lfalen@turbonet.com; vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 10:23:56 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Fw: FW: info you may want to consider before you castyour vote<br>> <br>> So it's better to spend tax money on an ill-considered war than to use it to <br>> feed hungry children and teach them English???? (see part 3)<br>> <br>> Sue H<br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "lfalen" <lfalen@turbonet.com><br>> To: <vision2020@moscow.com><br>> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 10:39 AM<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Fw: FW: info you may want to consider before you <br>> castyour vote<br>> <br>> <br>> ><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 ˝ 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>> ><br>> <br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> <br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > ======================================================= <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Now you can invite friends from Facebook and other groups to join you on Windows Live™ Messenger. <a href='https://www.invite2messenger.net/im/?source=TXT_EML_WLH_AddNow_Now' target='_new'>Add them now!</a></body>
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