Sunday, June 05, 2005

Two things....

First, for those who don't habitually read Harper's, here are scanned versions of 2 very important pieces on the Right Wing Dominionist movement that wants to convert you or kill you.

http://word-detective.com/harpers.html

And, in case you had forgotten that BushCo was screwing you
to feed the rich, the NYTimes,
loooooong after it was due has finally admitted that, yes,
those tax cuts really do benefit the
wealthy more than anyone else:

"President Bush said during the third election debate last October
that most of the tax cuts went to low- and middle-income Americans. In
fact, most - 53 percent - will go to people with incomes in the top 10
percent over the first 15 years of the cuts, which began in 2001 and
would have to be reauthorized in 2010. And more than 15 percent will go
just to the top 0.1 percent, those 145,000 taxpayers."(and we were WHERE
just after the 3rd election debate last October?
Perhaps dealing with another 'security crisis'?)

"From 1950 to 1970, for example, for every additional dollar earned by
the bottom 90 percent, those in the top 0.01 percent earned an
additional $162, according to the Times analysis. From 1990 to 2002,
for every extra dollar earned by those in the bottom 90 percent, each
taxpayer at the top brought in an extra $18,000. "

And

"The Bush administration says that the tax cuts have actually made
the income tax system more progressive, shifting the burden slightly
more to those with higher incomes. Still, an Internal Revenue Service
study found that the only taxpayers whose share of taxes declined in
2001 and 2002 were those in the top 0.1 percent."

Can you say 'Class War'? Start slowly, I know your middle brow American
mouth has a hard time with it.....Class.....War. Yeah, that's it. Class War.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/05/national/class/HYPER-FINAL.html
 

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