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canamx5 02-24-2007 11:00 PM

Nancy Pelosi has a plan???
 
I'm not a political genius, but this??? :dunno:

Can you believe what this woman said?!


>
> Never fear, Nancy and her friends will fix the problems. (problems?)
>
>
> GET READY........HERE IT COMES.....THE S$%#@'s
> GONNA HIT THE FAN.........
>
> This is unbelievably STUPID!
>
> If you have stocks and bonds, you might want to consider what will
> possibly happen in the near future. Pay particular attention to the
> statement she made in one of the last paragraphs of this message.
>
> WHAT HAS SHE BEEN SMOKING?
>
> Published: October 22, 2006
>
> Nancy Pelosi condemned the new record highs of the stock
> market as "just another example of Bush policies helping the rich get
> richer". "First Bush cut taxes for the rich and the economy has
> rebounded with new record low unemployment rates, which only means
> wealthy employers are getting even wealthier at the expense of the
> underpaid working class".
>
>
> She went on to say "Despite the billions of dollars being
> spent in Iraq our economy is still strong and government tax revenues
> are at all time highs. "What this really means is" that business is
> exploiting the war effort and working Americans, just to put money in
> their own pockets".
>
> When questioned about recent stock market highs she
> responded "Only the rich benefit from these record highs. Working
> Americans, welfare recipients, the unemployed and minorities are not
> sharing in these obscene record highs". "There is no question these
> windfall profits and income created by the Bush administration need to
> be taxed at 100% rate and those dollars redistributed to the poor and
> working class". "Profits from the stock market do not reward the hard
> work of our working class who, by their hard work, are responsible for
> generating these corporate profits that create stock market profits
> for the rich. We in congress will need to address this issue to either
> tax these profits or to control the stock market to prevent this
> unearned income to flow to the rich".
>
> When asked about the fact that over 80% of all Americans
> have investments in mutual funds, retirement funds, 401K's, and the
> stock market she replied "That may be true, but probably only 5%
> account for 90% of all these investment dollars. That's just more
> "trickle down" economics claiming that if a corporation is successful
> that everyone from the CEO to the floor sweeper benefit from higher
> wages and job security which is ridiculous". How much of this "trickle
> down" ever get to the unemployed and minorities in our
> county? None, and that's the tragedy of these stock market highs."
>
> "We democrats are going to address this issue after the
> election when we take control of the congress. We will return to the
> 60% to 80% tax rates on the rich and we will be able to take at least
> 30% of all current lower Federal Income Tax taxpayers off the roles
> and increase government income substantially. We need to work toward
> the goal of equalizing income in our country and at the same time
> limiting the amount the rich can invest."
>
> When asked how these new tax dollars would be spent, she
> replied "We need to raise the standard of living of our poor,
> unemployed and minorities. For example, we have an estimated 12
> million illegal immigrants in our country who need our help along with
> millions of unemployed minorities. Stock market windfall profits taxes
> could go a long ways to guarantee these people the standard of living
> they would like to have as "Americans"
>
> A Bush spokesperson responded to this interview by saying
> "Mrs. Pelosi has set a new standard for the spin business".
>
> Unbelievable! May the Good Lord have mercy on us!
> Send it on to your brilliant friends.
> I just did!!
>
>

UCrewX5 02-24-2007 11:06 PM

I'd like to see an actual link to those statements. There's no way she actually said those things. :tsk:

canamx5 02-24-2007 11:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UCrewX5
I'd like to see an actual link to those statements. There's no way she actually said those things. :tsk:

Find it hard to believe myself! (friend sent me the e-mail)

rebound 02-24-2007 11:10 PM

B.S.

Snopes Link

canamx5 02-24-2007 11:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rebound

Good work rebound! Thanks for clearing that up. I apologize to anyone who wasted time reading this.

rebound 02-25-2007 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by canamx5
Good work rebound! Thanks for clearing that up. I apologize to anyone who wasted time reading this.

No sweat. Although I must admit I wish she had said it...

Quicksilver 02-25-2007 04:24 AM

When it got toward the end it really sounded fishey and my next move was to ask for the link. Then Bingo up popped the snopes link. :rofl:

rebound 02-25-2007 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quicksilver
When it got toward the end it really sounded fishey and my next move was to ask for the link. Then Bingo up popped the snopes link. :rofl:

B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o!

inlacal 02-25-2007 11:13 PM

Pelosi is a disaster. Typicaly-cheap, pandering whore.


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