> Ok... however, questioning whether other Presidents' children should
receive
> lifetime Secret Service protection implies that is a concern with Chelsea
also.
> Otherwise, why wonder about it at all? It's a little disingenuous now to
claim
> the two statements are not related.
Arrrr, my original comments were in response to Bob's comments and it seemed
we both misunderstood each other a bit anyway. The whole original topic
came up in response to someone going on about Jenna Bush and drinking and
her SS
protection and now it's segued way off into all kinds of stuff.
> I'll assume that's your personal feeling. Unfortunately, there are plenty
of
> people who DO hate the Clintons. One especially repugnant example of
Clinton
> hatred was an article in the National Review about how Chelsea should be
killed
> because she carries the Clinton genes.
That is horrific. There are also people on this list who have said Bush
should be killed, too, and that made me drop my jaw.
> The problem with the whole rebate program, not with my specific check, is
that
> this and future tax cuts are based on projections that the economy will be
as
> healthy as it has been for the past eight (Democratic-led) years; it's
obvious
> it no longer is. Rather than receiving a little check, I'd be much more
> impressed with a healthy economy now and for the future, which results
from
> people bringing home a paycheck week after week and being able to invest
and
> buy things week after week. With all the layoffs since December a lot of
people
> are not doing that now.
I don't see how having my money tied up with the government is going to help
our economy. If I get to keep more of my money, I can put more of it back
directly into the economy. There's more refunds to come. The IRS tells us
they have a surplus and that we've been overcharged. I don't find that hard
to believe. What I make now as very average pay was a high income class
salary 30 years ago. I am still pretty much taxed as if I am in the upper
percent, when I am far below that in reality. It's not fair and it's
stupid, really. Something should have been done about it long ago.
> I don't believe this payoff of the American people is
> going to jumpstart anything. That's Republican talk. I think its main
purpose
> is to buy votes for the 2002 Congressional elections, with getting
attention
> off of what Dubya's doing a close second.
Oh come on. I don't think people with strong beliefs, ideological or
otherwise, can be bought off for a few hundred dollars. If they can then I
guess it may prove there is not much real difference between the parties.
Kakki
