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more on ] Grover Norquist, Estate tax vs. Holocaust
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 10:55:32 -0400
-----Original Message----- From: John Levine <johnl () iecc com> Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 01:48:39 To:dave () farber net Subject: Re: [IP] Grover Norquist, Estate tax vs. Holocaust
The Bush administration has mindlessly applied this doctrine. It has three times reduced taxes -- mostly on the rich -- careening the federal budget from a surplus to a deficit without end.
Yes indeed, and Grover's not done. Read his op-ed piece in yesterday's Wall Street Journal: Bush Tax Cuts, Act IV George W. Bush has proposed, fought for, and won a tax cut each and every year of his presidency. This has been good economic policy and good politics. The tax cuts of 200l, 2002 and 2003 have spurred economic growth, job creation and a rising stock market. The annual tax cut has reminded Bush voters why they benefit from his presidency, and cutting taxes each year has taught the traditionally myopic business community to think long term -- to support this year's tax cut so their particular concerns may move to the head of the list for subsequent years' tax cuts. ... http://www.emailthis.clickability.com/et/emailThis?clickMap=viewThis&etMailToID=801765218&pt=Y In case you were wondering, the words "deficit" and "debt" don't appear in the article. I gather that his long-term plan is to roll the Federal government back to about where it was in 1930 and get rid of frills like Social Security, Medicare, the FDA, and all of those other pesky regulators and programs that get in the way of the deserving rich doing and getting whatever they want. Regards, John Levine, johnl () iecc com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://iecc.com/johnl, Sewer Commissioner "I dropped the toothpaste", said Tom, crestfallenly. ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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