Re: Bass for President?

["Mark Leuck" <m..leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Robert L Bass" <RobertLBass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:74v_i.5905$Y32.1079@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Well the bridges situation is a state issue...
>
> Apparently Leuck is unaware that funding of the US interstate highway
> system is also federal.  In fact, the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
> required that the federal government pay 90% of the cost of the
> interstate highway system.

Apparently Bass is unaware the Bush administration increased spending on
projects such as this in fact it's rather hard finding anything that hasn't
had an increase in spending

> > people losing their homes is a sub-prime issue caused by greed...
>
> It's also both an indicator and a causative factor in the downward
> spiral of the economy since the Shrub took office.

no it's the exact same thing that happened in the tech sector at the end of
Clinton's term

>
> > why should the government spend on health care for kids...
>
> The fact that Leuck doesn't understand why this is important
> indicated the kind of person he is.

Leuck understood that the bill that was presented doubled spending and
allowed individuals up to 25 years old to get benefits, it had nothing to do
with kids and Bass is obviously unaware that government-run healthcare
doesn't work

If you spent more time in Canada instead of Brazil you'd understand that
last part


> > when they could lower taxes, provide tort reform and
> > allow the poor to buy their own health care...
>
> When Repugnicans lower taxes the lion's share goes to the wealthiest
> 1% while working families are left in the cold.  "Tort reform" is a
> euphymism for protection of big business against lawsuits from
> ordinary Americans.

The top 1% pays 39.38% of the nations income taxes, the top 10% pays 70.3%,
even you can figure that out with a simple search

But hey don't let the facts mess with emotions

> > And last I checked the government spent over 100 billion for
> > Katrina damage, besides as a Ron Paul supporter the government
> > shouldn't be involved in ANY of this
>
> Much of the money has been misappropriated by dishonest politicians
> (local, state and federal) and greedy corporations.

That would be a problem with Louisiana which is pretty much the norm