<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>In a message dated 10/29/04 4:23:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, sarah@gra= phic-fusion.com 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 i= f 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 citize= n 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, S= arah? </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, followin= g 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 Enr= on either. This is what happens when one soaks their brain in liberal hogwas= h - 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, s= trong consumer spending and the lowest inflation rate in decades. Gross dome= stic 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 t= o the wealthy will create a revenue shortfall that must eventually be reconc= iled.  Who will eventually pay the piper? </FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOT= E> <DIV>See above. Over 2 million jobs have been created, replacing the jobs lo= st from the technology bubble that burst losing so many jobs, which had noth= ing 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 on= e ever taxed their way out of debt, Sarah. The only way the deficit has *eve= r* 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 s= timulating 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 wi= ll have to suffer deep cuts in Social Security and Medicare, into which he/s= he has invested a lifetime of payments.  Meanwhile, corporate America w= ill have reaped most of the savings.  This is yet another hidden way th= at 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></BLOC= KQUOTE> <DIV>Again, you connect two dots that have nothing to do with each other. Co= rporate 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 lear= n 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 l= ine -- 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></BODY></HTML>