Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-11-07 Thread ttxpress
responsible for putting forth the budget.. || - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:57 PM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-29 Thread David Miller
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:56:51 -0400 "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Numbers don't lie. e.g.? :) (see .jpg, attachd [--upward on the left edge ofDelong's gr

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-28 Thread ttxpress
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:56:51 -0400 "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Numbers don't lie. e.g.? :) (see .jpg, attachd [--upward on the left edge ofDelong's graphdepicts a surplus condition--g]) Republican Overoptimism About Deficits: In

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-24 Thread ttxpress
time will tell On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 15:56:51 -0400 "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:Numbers don't lie

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-22 Thread David Miller
David Miller wrote: The Congress under Bill Clinton did a much better job reducing deficit spending. Gary wrote: perhaps i agree--what makes you sure of this? Just look at the links I provided, which reveal Clinton's budget and how deficit spending was eliminated under that budget. David Miller

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-21 Thread David Miller
Gary wrote: it doesn't matter how 'tax cuts', below, affect/ed ||tax||(ation)-- you traffic in myth like the spin doctors do; How are you using the word myth? There are various meanings to the word myth. Are you trying to say that I have said something that is fictitious? If so, please explain

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-21 Thread David Miller
I hope my last post did not lead anyone to think that President Bush doesn't care about the federal deficit. Bush's plan is to reduce the deficit in half over the next five years by reducing spending and spuring economic growth through tax relief. Peace be with you. David Miller. --

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-21 Thread ttxpress
10/21, DavidM (): (*= resp by g)DavidM : How are you using the word "myth"? There are various meanings to the word myth... * proves the point--you know more myth about myth than one couldv realized :) Are you trying to say that I have said something that is fictitious? ..explain *

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread ShieldsFamily
: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hughes Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts Another post!!! Wow. I hope this means that you are back. We

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Of course you are. Jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts Jonathan, What other federal taxes ARE there except

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread ShieldsFamily
Cuts -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hughes Jonathan Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts Another post!!! Wow. I hope this means that you are back. We need you

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Slade Henson
Mazel Tov, Izzy Kay -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Wednesday, 20 October, 2004 08.09 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts BTW, We are celebrating last night's birth of my first grandson

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Hughes Jonathan
Congrats Izzy. Children are precious. Jonathan Hughes -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ShieldsFamily Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:09 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts BTW, We are celebrating

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread David Miller
Izzy wrote: What other federal taxes ARE there except for income taxes in the US? What am I missing here? Social Security tax and Medicare taxes are two other federal taxes. These together are also called payroll taxes or self-employment taxes. Bush gave some statistics concerning how his

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread ttxpress
it doesn't matter how 'tax cuts', below, affect/ed ||tax||(ation)--you traffic in myth like the spin doctors do; the issue is thatWs 'cuts in war time'are generatg a massive Fed deficit you wanna go to war in the mid-East, pay for it; don'tdiscreetly but sadistically dump the cost on

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Slade Henson
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Wednesday, 20 October, 2004 20.58To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts it doesn't matter how 'tax cuts', below, affect/ed ||tax||(ation)--you traffic in myth like the spin doctors do; the issue i

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread ttxpress
even multinational corporations are treatedexclusively as 'individuals' under Am. law; thatthe RNC favors such 'individuals' tax-wise is no secret therefore the gist of this post is essentially myth: On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:35:39 -0400 "Slade Henson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Jonathan Hughes
Great post Gary. Thank you. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 8:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts it doesn't matter how 'tax cuts', below, affect/ed ||tax

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-20 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/20/2004 5:10:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, We are celebrating last night's birth of my first grandson, Ben David Zumbehl. His big sisters (ages 6, 4, 2) are excited that he is coming home tomorrow. We thank the Lord for the health of him and

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread David Miller
Jonathan wrote: David, I am astonished that you have taken the time to come out of hiding and post. I don't think of myself as having been in hiding, but rather I just haven't had time to keep up with all the posts. There is a difference you know. Jonathan wrote: Even bipartisan sites agree

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread David Miller
Terry wrote: Twelve hundred bucks. Don't ask me how cause I pay a guy to figure that stuff. My wife draws a small retirement and I made seven thousand in the shop last year. Other than that, social security was our only other source of income, and that is about fourteen hundred a month total

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread Hughes Jonathan
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:42 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts Jonathan wrote: David, I am astonished that you have taken the time to come out of hiding and post. I don't think of myself as having been

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread David Miller
Jonathan wrote: www.factcheck.org is not applying liberal spin David. IT is misleading of you to say so. It hits Kerry just as hard as it hits Bush. It is a bipartisan site that even Dick Cheney suggests that people use. From my perspective, FactCheck.org leans left a bit in its political

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread ttxpress
myth: On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:52:03 -0400 "David Miller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:If you're married, you got tax relief. If you pay any tax at all, you got tax relief.

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-19 Thread Terry Clifton
David Miller wrote: Terry wrote: Twelve hundred bucks. Don't ask me how cause I pay a guy to figure that stuff. My wife draws a small retirement and I made seven thousand in the shop last year. Other than that, social security was our only other source of income, and that is about fourteen

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Terry Clifton
Hughes Jonathan wrote: Ok here is another futile attempt at getting people to take a look at the character of George Bush. This is for all members of TT but I would especially like to see replies from the 'moralists' on this list - Judy, Izzy and Terry. BUSH MISLEADS ON TAX

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread David Miller
Jonathan wrote: At Thursday's debate President Bush said most of his tax cuts went to low- and middle-income Americans.[1] That statement is flatly false. An analysis by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that, in 2004, the top 20 percent of earners received 69.8% of the tax cuts

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread ttxpress
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 12:22:16 -0400 Terry Clifton [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The ones who got [bushwhacked] were the ones in my tax bracket. We got no cut at all.

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread LaurHamm
In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:40:22 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately you are wrong. Even bipartisan sites agree that Bush was ummerr lying. Read Terry's post and see how much he got from the tax cut wherethe majority "went to low and middle income

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread ttxpress
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 19:07:18 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:40:22 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Unfortunately you are wrong. Even bipartisan sites agree that Bush was ummerr lying. Read Terry's post and see how much he

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Jonathan Hughes
quite clear that I am not a Kerry lover. Jonathan From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 7:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:40:22 PM

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 2:42:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while what you shared with us is deceptive statistics meant to obfuscate the truth. I ' d be willing to bet this was not Jonathan's intent at all. Jphn

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 4:35:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Read Terry's post and see how much he got from the tax cut where the majority "went to low and middle income Americans." ..There are numerous [biased] articles.. In all fairness -- the "tax cut" is a

RE: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Jonathan Hughes
] Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts In a message dated 10/18/2004 2:42:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: while what you shared with us is deceptive statistics meant to obfuscate the truth. I ' d be willing to bet this was not Jonathan's intent at all. Jphn

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread ttxpress
myth: On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:33:49 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..the "tax cut" is a return of federal monies paid against wages earned. Terry paid not such taxes.

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:49:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Awww cmon John!!! How often does one get the chance to obfuscate, let alone use the word in a sentence? Jonathan obfuscater Hughes Sorry - didn't think of that. Kind of sounds like something you

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:51:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: myth: On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 20:33:49 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ..the "tax cut" is a return of federal monies paid against wages earned. Terry paid no such taxes. Splain please. J

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread ttxpress
E.g., a careful reader may notice right away thatsomeone put quotes on (the phrase) tax cut Also, e.g., re-read return, below--what's a US tax return? :) On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 21:11:59 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 10/18/2004 5:51:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 6:36:04 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: E.g., a careful reader may notice right away that someone put quotes on (the phrase) tax cut Also, e.g., re-read return, below--what's a US tax return? :) See how easy it is to forget that it is our

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Terry Clifton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/18/2004 4:35:18 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Read Terry's post and see how much he got from the tax cut where the majority "went to low and middle income Americans." ..There are

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Knpraise
In a message dated 10/18/2004 7:03:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wrong JD, we did pay taxes. Federal?

Re: [TruthTalk] Bush on Tax Cuts

2004-10-18 Thread Terry Clifton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/18/2004 7:03:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wrong JD, we did pay taxes. Federal? Yep. Twelve hundred bucks. Don't ask me how cause I pay a guy to figure that stuff. My wife draws a small retirement and I made