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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:09 AM
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Bush also said high taxes on the rich are a failed strategy because
"the really rich people figure out how to dodge taxes anyway."
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/9/23112/65394
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bryant69 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:11 AM
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1. Brilliant
And who needs laws. People break them all the time anyway?

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com
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qanda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:14 AM
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2. And does he know this from experience?
What a stupid thing to say!
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:19 AM
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3. It appears that this wasnt even a Bushism. He was supposed to say this.
His speech included this line.
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whistle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:25 AM
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4. Great, so rather than tighten the laws so these bastards have...
...to pay their share, let's just let them off the hook and make their tax avoidance much easier. Let's see, HH filer, 2 adults, 2 children earns $400 million in taxable income, taxes before Bush were $240 million owed to the IRS. From that they set their tax attorneys and CPAs to work to avoid as much of that tax bill as possible. But Bush wants to make it possible for his rich pals to owe only $139,970,766. Then have their tax attorneys and CPAs whittle that down as much as possible. Ahaaa, much better and they'll love Bush that much more.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:30 AM
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5. Sounds like the voice of experience to me
I'm sure he and the BFEE have some rather creative accountants.
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lottie244 Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:33 AM
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6. Another clip for a new Moore film.
It should at least be made into a campaign ad.
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lottie244 Donating Member (903 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-10-04 08:34 AM
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7. Does this mean if I find a way not to pay taxes, I won't have to pay them
I've started looking already. Never thought about it before.
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