Gerry <222ggg@spam.really.sucks> wrote:
> In article <cahvns$ito$13@news.Stanford.EDU>,
> <mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net> wrote:

>> Kevin Wayne Williams <kww.nihongo@verizon.nut> 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