-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to ALL <=-   
      
      
    BK>  ...   
      
    SH> 2.  The AP is punked by a group of hoaksters whose blog   
    SH> reported that GE would repay more than $3 billion in tax   
    SH> credits (corporate welfare) they got from the Obama   
    SH> administration.  Not only did GE get tax credits for moving   
    SH> jobs offshore, CEO Jeff Immelt got a seat on Obama's jobs   
    SH> advisory panel.   
      
    BK>  Lie number 1. In the late '90s the republican congress passed a   
    BK>  bill allowing corporations, including GE, to avoid taxes by   
    BK>  shifting profits overseas. In 2004 the republican congress   
    BK>  passed another such tax dodge.   
      
    BK>  Obama didn't give GE those tax dodges, they were beyond his   
    BK>  control.   
      
    SH> 3.  In a surprise move - out of left field, really - a   
    SH> democrat president proposes that the government raise taxes   
    SH> on the rich - rich to be defined by said governemt.  Like   
    SH> the classless Clinton before him, Obama reminds us that he   
    SH> is rich.   
      
    BK>  And Obama's plan would increase taxes on Obama. Remember, 100%   
    BK>  of the post WWII increase in the debt burden, the debt as   
    BK>  percent of GDP, accumulated under 3 anti-tax republican   
    BK>  presidents.   
      
      
    SH> 4.  Seems that the most transparent presidency in history   
    SH> (that was his promise, right?) is concealing visits with   
    SH> lobbyists by meeting with them at a coffee shop across the   
    SH> street from the White House.  White House visitors' logs   
      
    BK>  Obama is going to a coffee shop across the street from the   
    BK>  Whitehouse?   
      
    BK>  ...   
      
    SH> 5.  American fighter jets are again dropping bombs on Libya   
    SH> - this after Obama told Americans that other countries   
    SH> would take over the Libya operation.   
      
    BK>  Nato did take over. And the US is a member of NATO. The US has   
    BK>  solid justification and a very good moral cause for taking down   
    BK>  Kadaffi.   
      
   That's good to hear.   
      
   I've not looked into this latest.   
      
   Still too much sickness of the soul from the last adventure.   
      
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