From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 20:47:11 GMT
Organization: WINCO
Subject: Re: Clinton Will Raise YOUR Taxes - NOT!
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In article <mykes.0c0n@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
>In article <1992Aug8.010052.8868@lsil.com> mitch@lsil.com (Mitch Sako) writes:
>> I've noticed now that on a number of occasions, Limbaugh has stated
>> categorically, "Clinton will raise YOUR taxes."  He quickly changes
>> the subject and jumps to something more important like condoms.  Is
>> he aware that this statement is not true?  I realize that his lackeys
>> will believe anything he says but I pose the following:
>>
>>   1.  The republicans have been blaming the Congress for raising taxes
>>       and that the president has no power to raise taxes.
>
>The dems in congress demanded a tax hike as part of the 1990 budget
>agreement.  Tax rate went from 28% to 31% as a result.  Nobody said
>that the president has no power to raise taxes - his power is limited
>to veto or signing such bills.  Period.  In exchange for the tax hike,
>Bush got some of the things he wanted - particularly spending limits
>that _should_ have decreased the amount of defecit spending.

If George Bush had any cajones, he'd try the line item veto at the earliest
opportunity.  Bring it up to the Supreme Court.  It's a matter of 
interpretation - there's nothing that explicitly allows or disallows
it in the constitution.  If nothing else, it'd put the issue to the
forefront.  This, my friends, is the *only* realistic way we have out
of this budget mess.
>
>>   2.  Clinton and Gore have stated emphatically that they plan to raise
>>       the marginal rates on those making more than $200,000.
>
>And YOU believe a politician?  HAHAHAHAHA.  I bet you believe in the
>tooth fairy, too.
>

Sounds to me like you believe George Bush - a politician, I believe.
Tee-hee.

>
>> Does anyone believe him?  When Clinton and Gore have emphatically made
>> explict statements regarding their intentions are we to assume that Limbaugh
>> thinks that Clinton is also a pathological liar like George Bush?
>>
>
>Does anyone believe Clinton?  Limbaugh thinks Clinton is promising everyone
>in the country something that he can't possibly deliver on (to everyone
>that is).  Clinton is lying all over the place.

Hmmm.  Sounds like George Bush 4 years ago...  "Read my lips".  Trouble is, 
that's how you know when a politician is lying - their lips are moving.

Substitute "Bush" for "Clinton" in the above sentence, and replace "Limbaugh"
with some democratic mouthpiece, and the paragraph plays just as well.

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