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Old 02-24-2007, 11:00 PM
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Nancy Pelosi has a plan???

I'm not a political genius, but this???

Can you believe what this woman said?!


>
> Never fear, Nancy and her friends will fix the problems. (problems?)
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> GET READY........HERE IT COMES.....THE S$%#@'s
> GONNA HIT THE FAN.........
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> This is unbelievably STUPID!
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> 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.
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> WHAT HAS SHE BEEN SMOKING?
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> 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!!
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:06 PM
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I'd like to see an actual link to those statements. There's no way she actually said those things.
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:09 PM
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I'd like to see an actual link to those statements. There's no way she actually said those things.
Find it hard to believe myself! (friend sent me the e-mail)
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:10 PM
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Old 02-24-2007, 11:14 PM
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Good work rebound! Thanks for clearing that up. I apologize to anyone who wasted time reading this.

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Old 02-25-2007, 12:14 AM
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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...
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Old 02-25-2007, 04:24 AM
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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.
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Old 02-25-2007, 06:03 PM
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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.
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, and Bingo was his name-o!
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Pelosi is a disaster. Typicaly-cheap, pandering whore.
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