Fast Number Crunch, Made Me Sick

[BurkeFan]

Uh, dude, the 1.5 trillion number is bs... that's over a few years, not in a single year. If so, taxes would have been cut a heck of alot more, since 1.5 trillion is over half of the gov't operating budget.

[Lounge Daddy]

[url="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26310-2004Jul3.html"]Iraq is quickly becomming self-sustaing... w/ out U.S. tax $$$[/url]

[font="Courier"]dig on this...
"The U.S. government has spent 2 percent of an $18.4 billion aid package that Congress approved in October last year after the Bush administration called for a quick infusion of cash into Iraq to finance reconstruction, according to figures released Friday by the White House."[/font]

[font="Courier"]Also... you mention "tax cuts out to the middle class"
Do you mean to say "tax the rich to ease the tax burdon on the middle class?"
I just want to make sure I understand you.[/font]

[url="http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,49908,00.html"]"In 1999, the richest 1 percent of Americans took in 19.5 percent of the income. But they paid 36.2 percent of the taxes. The figures are similar for the top 5 percent, who made 34 percent of the money but paid 55 percent of the taxes. So much for rich people escaping taxes with sneaky loopholes, sleazy accountants and offshore shelters."[/url]

[font="Courier"]Something to think about… I don’t think most taxpayers here realize this, but parents who send their kids to government schools in GR basically have their kid’s schoolbooks and other education expenses paid for by the DeVos and VanAndell families (the wealthy families in GR) because they handle more of the tax burden in West Michigan.[/font]