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Thread #69039   Message #1178863
Posted By: CarolC
05-May-04 - 06:07 PM
Thread Name: BS: American Election Problems 2004
Subject: RE: BS: American Election Problems 2004
Never the voters, McGrath. Well, he did cut taxes, theoretically. But they always use that little bribe as a bit of political slight of hand to distract the voters from the fact that they're about to slit our collective jugular.

The very rich got their taxes cut, even though they don't really ever pay any taxes, but everyone else has probably experienced a net increase in taxes, when we factor in increases in local and state taxes and other hidden costs that are being used to compensate for the decrease in federal monies available to the states because of Bush's tax cuts.