3/20    How does it make you feel that most employed sodans; expecially
        married ones; make out nicely thanks to the Bush tax cuts. I know
        that it leaves me feeling very ambivalent since I know that the
        system is inherently unfair to average US citizens
        But I also know that, since BA is so over priced, I am just squeaking
        by financially . Having to feel grateful to Bush
        for extra $$ is a strange feeling indeed.
        \_ I dont know what you're smoking but I dont think most of the
           employed sodans are quite rich enough to really benefit from the
           Bush tax cuts.  For that we'd need to be inheriting over $10M
           from an estate, or have a large fraction of our income from
           dividends.
           \_ I agree. If your life is so fulfilling you'd stop using motd
              long time ago. There are so many other places that you can
              get better entertainment, information, therapy, and others
              things than motd. Motd is for losers like me.
        \_ Yeah, Bush has made me a lot of money in the last few years,
           and I feel kind of dirty about it too.  It's not like I'd be
           homeless without his tax cuts, though.  I'd vote for someone
           who would reverse them.
        \_ Are you kidding me? The middle class (especially upper middle
           class) is going to be paying the price of Bush's policies for
           a long time. When some other President (Democrat or Republican)
           has to raise taxes to pay for Bush's antics you won't feel too
           grateful. Bush has been very adept, too, at taking money from
           the blue states (e.g. SF Bay Area) and giving it to the red
           states (e.g. Louisiana, Texas). You are grateful for this?!
           \_ I think he's taken more of a passive approach to the rape
              of CA by Enron (e.g.).  But can you blame TX for CA being so
              dependent on oil?
              \_ So dependent?  Last I checked we were among the best in
                 the nation on energy conservation.  We're a big state, though.
                 I don't blame TX for our dependence.  I blame them for
                 STEALING.
           \_ Though purportedly CA's getting a big chunk of the war money
              by way of military purchases from many small engineering concerns.
              by way of military purchases from many small engineering
              concerns.
              \_ Maybe, but CA still sends more off to Washington DC than
                 comes back here.
        \_ I've got nothing against tax cuts but what we've got is not really
           a tax cut but rather tax postponement.  All that money you're
           "saving" now?  It's going to come out of your budget later, with
           interest.  --PM
        \_ "I know that the system is inherently unfair to average US citizens"
           So when did you stop beating your wife?
        \_ Mr. Squeaking By Financially: can you tell us a little bit about
           your life?  Like what kind of car you drive, how large your TV
           is, how old your newest home computer is, how much you pay per
           month for TV/internet etc?
           \_ SSN, Mother's Maiden Name, etc.