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I is an amusement.
Yes, you is! :p \:D

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How can you be taken seriously?
I guess you're right, I can't be taken seriously. (I guess that's why you keep replying to me!) \:D


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On the second poit, "cutting the deficit" you agree with me again.
Not remotely!! I guess my remark about "Read my Lips, no new taxes" was lost on you! I agree that due to the horrible mess Kerry will inherit from Mr. President Mr. George W. Bush, (despite the generous surplus he inherited from Mr. Clinton) keeping his promise to only raise taxes on those earning over $200K may prove difficult, and that he would have been better off had he not made that promise, since none of us are "sooth sayers", except of course Henry. But I am confident that he will start there and do his best to spare the other 99% of us for as long as possible, which is as it should be, all things considered.


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On the third point, "taxes et al" I thought I made it clear that my biggest personal issue is taxes. The national one is clearly security. soory if you got confused by that.


Yes, I was confused by that. Thank you for clearing that up for me. I asked you which one of these three things is most important to you:

A. Taxes
B. The Economy
C. Internal Security and the safety of your children

Now, you have unequivocally stated that your answer is A. Taxes.

I'm sure that under any other circumstances it would be C. Internal Security and the safety of your children, but it's just too expensive, and you can't afford to pay the taxes required to fund it; and you wouldn't DREAM! of asking the wealthy, who got that HUGE tax cut, to pony up to help cover the cost of protecting your children, either.


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Then in the very last sentence you blow me away when you say this,but we should really start taking a little of the cake away from those who have by far the biggest pieces, wouldn't you agree?"

I most certainly do not agree. redistribution of wealth is something I greatly oppose!
I wasn't referring to redistribution of wealth, I was referring to paying for C. Internal Security and the safety of our children. I was also referring to paying down the deficit created by the upwards redistribution of wealth which has occurred under Mr. President Mr. George W. Bush, through his tax cuts, loopholes, corporate welfare, and the profiteering from his little financial/political venture in Iraq.

For someone who is opposed to the redistribution of wealth you don't seem to pay attention very well when it is being redistributed to the wealthy, only when it is being redistributed to the middle class and the working poor.

(Isn't it ironic how in the last four years, the wealthy have gotten much wealthier, while our country has gone into deep, deep, debt? Why, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear that all that money went right from Uncle Sam straight into their already bulging pockets! NAAAAH!! It must just be a coincidence! I'm sure that the reason the wealthy got wealthier, while the rest of us stagnated or fell behind, is just because, dawgaunit, they just work harder, and the rest of us just don't work hard enough! YEAH! That's it, that's the ticket!)

Redistribution of wealth is accomplished by a tax structure which helps the middle class and working poor to keep pace with the prosperity enjoyed by the wealthy. Redistribution of wealth does not mean handouts, welfare, socialism, or communism. I'm sorry if I confused you.

(But please, don't take me (too) seriously!) ;\)