<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Larry,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>>I wouldn't put a lot of money on that if I were = you.</DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We already have lots of money riding on it, whether we like it or not!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>This conflict in Iraq has cost every citizen nearly $1000 in DOD expenditures and lots more money in fuel costs.  Another four years = will cost us much more.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Meanwhile, the stock market crash, following from widespread = corporate fraud, such as committed by Cheney's Enron, has sapped the more fiscally = responsible people of their hard-earned savings and their old age security.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The proposed tax cuts that will go mostly to the wealthy will = create a revenue shortfall that must eventually be reconciled.  Who will = eventually pay the piper?  I suspect it will be the little guy, who will have = to suffer deep cuts in Social Security and Medicare, into which he/she has = invested a lifetime of payments.  Meanwhile, corporate America will have = reaped most of the savings.  This is yet another hidden way that tax cuts can = be used to screw the lower and middle classes, while duping them into thinkiing = they've gotten something for nothing.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So yes, we all have a LOT of money on the line -- tens or hundreds = of thousands of dollars for most common folks.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Peace,</DIV> <DIV>Sarah</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>