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Group: alt.startrek · Group Profile
Author: SparkoHeaps
Date: Aug 29, 2008 11:49

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%%.

Uh oh. Here we go. 67 more days of political arguments on non-
political Usenet groups.

What he actually said was that he would cut taxes for 95%% of working
class families. Big difference.

(http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/politics/28text-obama.html?
pagewanted=3&_r=1&em)
>
> That would mean cutting the Federal budget by almost 95%%. Even with
> the wealthy paying higher taxes to pay their fair share,

He promised to remove some of the loopholes that corporations are
using to avoid paying taxes. Good luck with that one, Barack. I
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