On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 07:58:10 -0700, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And what about Cheney's boast that there are now 5 million more people > who don't pay any income taxes? How many of them are in that situation > because they lost their jobs or they became so under-employed that they > fell below the minimum income? Sheesh, if the number of people living > below the poverty level rises, of course more will pay zero income > taxes. If we transfer most the wealth to a handful of powerful people, > we could probably eliminate income taxes for almost everybody. An equally bizarre boast was when Edwards said 90% of coalition casualties were American and Cheney rejoindered: "When you include the Iraqi security forces that have suffered casualties, as well as the allies, they've taken almost 50 percent of the casualties in operations in Iraq, which leaves the U.S. with 50 percent, not 90 percent." Why would you try and make the causalty figures higher? Martin _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
