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Re: the VP debate

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From: Stephen Graham
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 14:55
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In article <MS-C.719109232.662824084.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> Mark Crispin <mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:
>Did anyone catch Gore's denial to Quayle's charge that the Clinton/Gore
>program would raise taxes by 150 gigabucks?  Quayle is right; that is exactly
>the amount that Clinton/Gore propose to raise in additional taxes, albeit from
>multiple sources.
>
>Quayle misrepresented it by implying that 150 gigaclams was to come solely by
>the Democratic promise of `soak the rich', but Gore's denial is unbelievable.
>Don't the Democrats pay attentions to their own proposals?

Of course, both you and Quayle conveniently neglect the $69 billion in
tax cuts that goes along with the rise.

But $81 billion just doesn't sound as good. 

And I'd rather have candidates who admit they'll raise taxes up front than
ones who'll do it anyway but lie about it.
-- 
Stephen Graham
graham@cs.washington.edu	 uw-beaver!june!graham
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From: graham@cs.washington.edu (Stephen Graham)
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Subject: Re: the VP debate
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