Since voting in a Democratic Congress in 2006 we have seen: <o:p></o:p>
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1) Consumer confidence plummet;<o:p></o:p>
2) The cost of regular gasoline soar to over $3.50 a gallon; <o:p></o:p>
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase); <o:p></o:p>
4) American households have seen $2.3 trillion in equity value evaporate (stock and mutual fund losses); <o:p></o:p>
5) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $1.2 trillion dollars; <o:p></o:p>
6) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure. <o:p></o:p>
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place> voted for change in 2006, and we got it! <o:p></o:p>
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Remember it's Congress that makes law not the President. He has to work with what's handed to him. <o:p></o:p>
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Quote of the Day........'My friends, we live in the greatest nation in the history of the world. I hope you'll join with me as we try to change it.' -- Barack Obama <o:p></o:p>
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Part 2: <o:p></o:p>
Taxes...Whether Democrat or a Republican you will find these statistics enlightening and amazing.<o:p></o:p>
www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/151.html <o:p></o:p>
Taxes under <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Clinton</st1:place></st1:city> 1999 Taxes under Bush 2008 <o:p></o:p>
Single making 30K - tax $8,400 Single making 30K - tax $4,500 <o:p></o:p>
Single making 50K - tax $14,000 Single making 50K - tax $12,500 <o:p></o:p>
Single making 75K - tax $23,250 Single making 75K - tax $18,750 <o:p></o:p>
Married making 60K - tax $16,800 Married making 60K- tax $9,000 <o:p></o:p>
Married making 75K - tax $21,000 Married making 75K - tax $18,750 <o:p></o:p>
Married making 125K - tax $38,750 Married making 125K - tax $31,250 <o:p></o:p>
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Both democratic candidates will return to the higher tax rates <o:p></o:p>
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It is amazing how many people that fall into the categories above think Bush is screwing them and Bill Clinton was the greatest President ever. If Obama or Hillary are elected, they both say they will repeal the Bush tax cuts and a good portion of the people that fall into the categories above can't wait for it to happen. This is like the movie The Sting with Paul Newman; you scam somebody out of some money and they don't even know what happened. <o:p></o:p>
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PART 3: <o:p></o:p>
You think the war in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> is costing us too much?<o:p></o:p>
Read this:<o:p></o:p>
Boy am I confused. I have been hammered with the propaganda that it<o:p></o:p>
is the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Iraq</st1:place></st1:country-region> war and the war on terror that is bankrupting us. <o:p></o:p>
I now find that to be RIDICULOUS.<o:p></o:p>
I hope the following 14 reasons are forwarded over and over again<o:p></o:p>
until they are read so many times that the reader gets sick of reading them. I <o:p></o:p>
have included the URL's for verification of all the following facts. <o:p></o:p>
1. $11 Billion to $22 billion is spent on welfare to illegal aliens<o:p></o:p>
each year by state governments. Verify at: http://tinyurl.com/zob77 <o:p></o:p>
2. $2.2 Billion dollars a year is spent on food assistance programs<o:p></o:p>
such as food stamps, WIC, and free school lunches for illegal aliens. <o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <o:p></o:p>
3. $2.5 Billion dollars a year is spent on Medicaid for illegal aliens.<o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://www.cis..org/articles/2004/fiscalexec.html <o:p></o:p>
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4. $12 Billion dollars a year is spent on primary and secondary school<o:p></o:p>
education for children here illegally and they cannot speak a word of English!<o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.0.html <o:p></o:p>
5. $17 Billion dollars a year is spent for education for the <o:p></o:p>
American-born children of illegal aliens, known as anchor babies.<o:p></o:p>
Verify at http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
6. $3 Million Dollars a DAY is spent to incarcerate illegal aliens.<o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
7. 30% percent of all Federal Prison inmates are illegal aliens.<o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
8. $90 Billion Dollars a year is spent on illegal aliens for Welfare &<o:p></o:p>
social services by the American taxpayers. Verify at:<o:p></o:p>
http://premium.cnn.com/TRANSCIPTS/0610/29/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
9. $200 Billion Dollars a year in suppressed American wages are caused<o:p></o:p>
by the illegal aliens. Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0604/01/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
10. The illegal aliens in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region> have a crime rate<o:p></o:p>
that's two and a half times that of white non-illegal aliens. In particular,<o:p></o:p>
their children, are going to make a huge additional crime problem in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">US</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p>
Verify at: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/12/ldt.01.html <o:p></o:p>
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