<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: = #ffffff" bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Larry, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>More hogwash!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3> ""at least take the = time to learn about them, and how they function." goes double. </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=LarryinAtlanta@aol.com href="mailto:LarryinAtlanta@aol.com">LarryinAtlanta@aol.com</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 29, 2004 = 4:19 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: OT Political</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/29/04 4:23:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, <A href="mailto:sarah@graphic-fusion.com">sarah@graphic-fusion.com</A> writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Larry,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>>I wouldn't put a lot of money = on that if I were you.</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>We already have lots of money = riding on it, whether we like it or not!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>And where do you close *your* purse strings in defending the = country, Sarah? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Stock market crash? That's a new one. Cheney had nothing to do = with Enron either. This is what happens when one soaks their brain in liberal = hogwash - they can't keep all the talking points straight. The stock market = hasn't crashed, Sarah. The latest figures on our economy shows 3.7% growth = rate, strong consumer spending and the lowest inflation rate in decades. = Gross domestic product was up 3.3% in the second quarter. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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? </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>See above. Over 2 million jobs have been created, replacing the = jobs lost from the technology bubble that burst losing so many jobs, which had = nothing to do with Bush. Recently over 320 of the nation's top economists = signed onto a report saying the tax cuts are behind the boom in the economy. No = one ever taxed their way out of debt, Sarah. The only way the deficit has = *ever* been reduced has been through tax cuts which moved the economy to growth. = Deficits are reduced by generating more tax, but you generate more tax by = stimulating the economy, not by penalizing it. History proves this to be the case, = you don't have to take my word for it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>Again, you connect two dots that have nothing to do with each = other. Corporate America does not run the Social Security program. No = offense, but if you're going to discuss issues such as this, at least take the time to = learn about them, and how they function.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So yes, we all have a LOT of money = on the line -- tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars for most common folks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Peace,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sarah</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>And if you end up wearing a burkha, and we all are forced to bow = toward Mecca, what price limit will you put on getting out of *that* little mess?</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>