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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: Quadibloc
Date: Aug 29, 2008 10:37

On Aug 29, 11:32 am, Quadibloc wrote:
> On Aug 28, 1:17 am, ToolPackinMama comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Look, with a website calledhttp://www.spockosbrain.com, I think it's
>> clear enough that this newsmaker is a Trekkie.
>
> This reminds me of a news item I saw today about Barack Obama. While I
> think I prefer the competition for President, I did like all his
> campaign promises.
>
> However, one of them was a promise to cut taxes for working families
> by 95%%.

Here's the URL:

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080828/obama_election_080829/20080829...

But maybe it is just wrong arithmetic, and working families will only
have their taxes reduced by 95 parts out of 195 - not quite cut in
half. Then, they would need to be raised by 95%% to be back where they
were... not cut to one-twentieth of what they were, needing to be
increased by 1,900%% to be restored to their former level.

John Savard
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