Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.news2me.com!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!shelby.stanford.edu!not-for-mail From: mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Reagan's funeral Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 22:37:50 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Subtlties R'nt Us Lines: 44 Sender: Mike Fester Message-ID: References: <2innd8Foqns8U1@uni-berlin.de> <40C799F4.4080708@yahoo.com> <57hgc0l56t3p9k7p9kj8kg5neg3o1cc9n3@4ax.com> <40C862F5.6060308@yahoo.com> <9sglc09eipkgjj5qg7q9k0cvncdlmiu8e6@4ax.com> <120620041119062087%222ggg@spam.really.sucks> <130620040952491766%222ggg@spam.really.sucks> Reply-To: mtfester@netscape.net NNTP-Posting-Host: haven.stanford.edu X-Trace: news.Stanford.EDU 1087166270 4661 171.67.16.19 (13 Jun 2004 22:37:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@news.stanford.edu User-Agent: tin/1.5.12-20020311 ("Toxicity") (UNIX) (Linux/2.4.26 (i686)) Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:14487 Gerry <222ggg@spam.really.sucks> wrote: > In article , > wrote: >> Kevin Wayne Williams wrote: >> > mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote: >> >> >> Actually, no, he didn't. What he did was cut taxes across-the-board, BUT >> >> gave a disproportionate cut to the upper income brackets. >> >> > Do we really need to go over this again? >> >> I suppose so. >> >> Is it your contention that Reagan did NOT cut taxes across the board? >> >> If so, please document this mysterious claim. > He certainly did. Rich folks got vast tax cuts and poor folks got a Sorry, that is inaccurate. > few bucks whittled off. We call that "across the board" but at the end Which is, in fact, what I said. > of the day the proportion of taxes paid were shifted, yet again, > further to the lower and middle income to produce. After the next Which is, in fact, what the "gave a disproportionate cut to the upper income brackets." means. I wish you and Mr Williams would get together and straighten out your rants. > The "across the board" spin, is kind of like the Ken Lay political It is only a spin if your attention span is insufficient to allow you to read the next statement. What do you and Mr Williams have against simple, accurate statements? Mike