in article BCFB90A3.1CCC3%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp, Ernest Schaal at
eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp wrote on 6/20/04 7:06 PM:

> in article cb2of5$ll0$2@news.Stanford.EDU, mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net at
> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote on 6/20/04 10:15 AM:
> 
>> Ernest Schaal <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote:
>>> mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote :
>>> 
>>>> Sorry, that STILL doesn't address the issue.
>>>> 
>>>> Once again, how does the fact that there are poor and were poor disprove
>>>> the statement that
>>>> 
>>>> "Actually, no, he (Reagan) didn't. What he did was cut taxes
>>>> across-the-board,
>>>> BUT gave a disproportionate cut to the upper income brackets."
>>> 
>>> We had already agreed that the tax rates were flattened. What we have been
>> 
>> Actually, no, "we" didn't agree. "We" agreed that the burden shifted off
>> the very richest.

I forgot to comment that the above statement is incorrect. You are ignoring
your previous comments. For instance, on June 14th, you wrote "Which was
rather the point; it flattened it, not simply reduced it down the line."