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Sunday, November 19, 2006

Wake Up... Smell The Coffee... There Are No Tax Cuts. Only Lies!


The small group of diners sat down at fancy restaurant and ordered
dinner. One half of the group ordered steak and wine, the other half,
burgers and beer.

When it comes time to pay the bill, the owner of the restaurant comes
out and says because the folks who ordered the steaks are his friends to
give them 'bill cut' in other words they all get to pay less for their
food. They are most grateful.

But then he looks at the rest of the customers and says. here is the
problem, we have a lots of expenses to pay for and costs have gone way
up. There is a war going on and we have to pay for our Corporate CEO's
multi-million dollar salaries while cutting back on the benefits for our
soldiers.

And someone has to pay the extra cost. and since I can't charge my
friends. it will have to be you. You see it's not a 'tax cut' it's a tax
re-allocation.

Here it is very simply put. your taxes, cut tax dollars to go 'pay the
bill' for running the government. If they overspend, we go deeper into
debt and have to pay interest on top of the cost of running this
country.

Here is the catch. I will go slowly so you get it: the only way - THE
ONLY WAY -- for there to be a tax cut. is for the overall spending to go
down. Anything else is not a tax cut. but a tax reallocation of who
pays the taxes and when.

President Bush did not create a tax cut, he just reallocated who would
pay for all his extra spending.

You may want to read this letter several times. Don't let its
simplicity fool you. We are being lied to. and once you see the truth
it will piss you off..

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