<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/8/2004 9:37:07 AM Eastern Standard Time, marc_ave= ry@hotmail.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>In all due respect Dean, corporations DO pay t= axes. Why do you think so many <BR>have offshore accounts?  And what do= they do with these dividends?  It shows <BR>up ALOT in our "reserved p= arking lot" for our VP's and President's.  Go work <BR>for a major corp= oration for the next 15 years and then come back and speak <BR>from an exper= ienced point of view.  No matter how much money a big company <BR>earns= , it never ends up in the hands of the average worker.  Trust me on <BR= >this one.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Sorry, but Dean is correct, and you are not. What Dean is telling you i= s that when taxes go up on corporations, they get the money to pay those tax= es from the people who buy their products or services, the same way they get= all their money. That means the consumer pays. Having offshore accounts doe= s not prove your point of view, it simply shows that efforts are made to min= imize taxes. Just think of the good that could come from having that money i= n US banks. If they weren't taxed to death, they wouldn't feel the need to t= ake all that money out of the country. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>