[Rhodes22-list] Politics: Spread WHAT Wealth?

[Herb Parsons]

Is that letter stating that someone thought Obama's campaign was doing 
something corrupt?

You can ignore that letter. It's all part of a "vast right-wing 
conspiracy", haven't you heard?


Brad Haslett wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Oh yeah, the ping-pong boys, about nine grand a month wasn't it? At
> least Obama reported it to the IRS, as well as speaking fees with is a
> clear and direct violation of Illinois ethics law (which having
> grown-up in Illinois, I was surprised to find out they even had ethics
> laws).
>
> God Bless the PUMA's.  Hillary was supposed to scrub her website of
> all evidence that was damaging to Obama but some enterprising PUMA
> just found and published this letter -
>
> http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/01/23/nv.state.letter.1.23.08.pdf
>
> It wasn't just Nevada, these shenanigans took place in every caucus state.
>
> Brad
>
> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>   
>> Brad,
>>
>> I don't think my $15 donation will move us to the top of that list.
>>
>> We've got to put him on retainer like the ping-pong guys, or buy him a
>> house like Rezko.
>>
>> He's not playing for chump change anymore.
>>
>> Bill Effros
>>
>>
>> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>     
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> Look at the bright side!  Obama has never actually stood his ground on
>>> ANYTHING in the Illinois or US Senate, unless of course you count
>>> funneling millions of taxpayer dollars to Rezko. Now that Tony is in
>>> jail, maybe we can get some of that wealth spread to us!  There's 600
>>> million in interest free money lying on the self in South Mississippi
>>> that no developer will touch with a ten-foot pole because there's so
>>> many onerous rules attached to it.  But wait, why actually build
>>> something that people would actually live in?  Using the Obama-Rezko
>>> model, you just get your hands on the money, you don't have to really
>>> do something constructive with it!
>>>
>>> I'm starting to like this guy.  You want to join me as a partner on a project?
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 9:07 AM, Bill Effros <bill at effros.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Will somebody please explain to me how this wealth spreading is going to
>>>> work?
>>>>
>>>> Raising capital gains taxes on losses won't raise a great deal of revenue.
>>>>
>>>> Heavily taxing executives who have lost their jobs won't raise much more.
>>>>
>>>> It won't be long before we get down to "luxury taxes" -- on items like
>>>> small sailboats.
>>>>
>>>> Remember that one, Stan?
>>>>
>>>> I'll bet it was great for your business!
>>>>
>>>> Then the only thing left will be inflation.  Letting the dollar collapse
>>>> completely will boost home prices, the stock market, and force all kinds
>>>> of people who do not consider themselves "wealthy" into higher, and more
>>>> highly taxed brackets.
>>>>
>>>> When that happens, people who work will be more interested in holding
>>>> onto their wallets than passing along what they have left to others who
>>>> won't work.
>>>>
>>>> In the final analysis we always discover everyone is interested only in
>>>> spreading the wealth of others to themselves--never the other way around.
>>>>
>>>> Bill Effros
>>>>
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