[Rhodes22-list] Re: Hats off to Elton

[Hank]

Stan,

Thanks, glad to be aboard!

Hank

On 5/23/06, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote:
>
> Hank,
>
> we are on the same page with the lobbyist and money influence - welcome to
> the EC party.
>
> ss
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 11:28 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Re: Hats off to Elton
>
>
> Dave,
>
> First off, I didn't right the explanation nor did I put the liberal tags
> on
> it.  I don't feel that I am a 100% party man and place all of the blame on
> the Dems.  Obviously, the entire gov't is at fault.  To be honest, I
> really
> feel that one of the greatest problems we have is with allowing lobbyist
> and
> political contributions as we do.  The way the current system is designed,
> the squeakiest wheel (or biggest dollar) gets the grease.
>
> All I was pointing out with that post was what i learned in that an across
> the board Tax change (cut or increase) will affect the wealthiest the
> most.
> Everybody screams when tax cuts give the wealthy a break, but nobody
> screams
> when tax increases hit them the hardest (if they do).
>
> I'll admit that I tend to side more with the republicans than the dems,
> but
> it wouldn't bother me if we chucked them all out and started over,
> beginning
> with the media that tends to report stories that inflame and incense
> without
> giving both sides of the story.  Iraq is a good example.  By far the
> majority of what is told in the media is about death and destruction,
> although quite a bit of good is also happening, in regards to rebuilding
> infrastructure, schools, hospitals, etc.
>
> I certainly was not trying to start another us vs. them flame war with the
> post on the tax cuts.
>
> Hank
>
> On 5/23/06, DCLewis1 at aol.com <DCLewis1 at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > I understand your post was to Stan, but it was a public post so I'll
> > respond.
> >
> > Read your post.  If it takes that long, and the story has to be  that
> > convoluted, to explain what's wrong with the tax system, there's
> not  much
> > fundamentally wrong.
> >
> > If the rich would like to move overseas - that's great.  The
> money  these
> > guys make is obscene.  For the most part it's greed
> > hijacking  corporations for
> > personal gain, the guy running Mobil is not a founder,  he's a
> Mobil-wars
> > survivor.
> >
> > You rail about the "liberal" tax system.  Again, the "conservative
> > Republicans" have held both houses of the Congress for more than 20
> years,
> > the  White
> > House for 18 years of the past 26 years (Reagan, Bush1, &  Bush2).  They
> > have
> > the bulk of appointments to the Supreme Court.  So  why haven't the
> > "conservative Republicans" responded to this alleged  "unfairness" and
> > straightened this
> > out?  Is there some office or authority  they lack?  What is the
> problem?
> > Their your guys Hank, why haven't  they delivered?
> >
> > Finally, if you dont think this country isn't in deep fiscal doo-doo
> visit
> > _www.whitehouse.gov_ (http://www.whitehouse.gov)  and just track
> > the  national
> > debt statistics - they're off the scale.  If the government  couldn't
> > borrow
> > more money - much more money - each year to operate, it would  simply go
> > out of
> > business.  Yeah, revenues are up, but expenses are WAY up  and the
> budget
> > is
> > not remotely balanced and hasn't been remotely balanced by  Reagan,
> Bush1,
> > or
> > Bush2..
> >
> > But balancing your budget, like paying your debts, is a liberal concept
> > and
> > not of interest to "true Republican conservatives".  Right?  Look
> at  the
> > record, believe the numbers.
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > Finally, if you think
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