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GAO reported to congress today that 2/3 of all u.s. corporations pd. no federal income tax between 1998-2005 and 68% of foreign corporations avoided taxes for the same period, tax loss or tax credit allow, in 2005 38,000 foreign gov'ts. pd no tax and 1.2 million us.s. companies, over 2.5 trillion in sales, about 25% considered large u.s. corporations.. mentioned some ways that tax is manipulated to benefit big business-lower or avoid tax load... no specific companies were indentified.....

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believe Ben stated recently that the president's call to drill off shore etc. acted to lower gas prices, yet today states the president cannot impact gas prices??????

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believe Ben stated recently that the president's call to drill off shore etc. acted to lower gas prices, yet today states the president cannot impact gas prices??????

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Originally posted by rrs
GAO reported to congress today that 2/3 of all u.s. corporations pd. no federal income tax between 1998-2005 and 68% of foreign corporations avoided taxes for the same period, tax loss or tax credit allow, in 2005 38,000 foreign gov'ts. pd no tax and 1.2 million us.s. companies, over 2.5 trillion in sales, about 25% considered large u.s. corporations.. mentioned some ways that tax is manipulated to benefit big business-lower or avoid tax load... no specific companies were indentified.....

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ben-wipe,
talk about the truth, you may talk about it -but rarely make use of it.... you stated that the President by calling for drilling caused gas prices to decline, read your own post, now you say the president cannot influence the same, your words not mine, the truth of your untruth.....
the information about corporate tax simply is reported to congress by the General Accounting Office-an independent agency that simply does research-does not take stands about the same... interesting how you turn factual information into a political diatribe, never commented on any poltical aspect of the GAO report-just what it said, once again you make a feeble attempt to make it something it was-is not...
if the truth will set you free, you have sentenced yourself to life by your total lack of it.....

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ben-wipe,
talk about the truth, you may talk about it -but rarely make use of it.... you stated that the President by calling for drilling caused gas prices to decline, read your own post, now you say the president cannot influence the same, your words not mine, the truth of your untruth.....
the information about corporate tax simply is reported to congress by the General Accounting Office-an independent agency that simply does research-does not take stands about the same... interesting how you turn factual information into a political diatribe, never commented on any poltical aspect of the GAO report-just what it said, once again you make a feeble attempt to make it something it was-is not...
if the truth will set you free, you have sentenced yourself to life by your total lack of it.....

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poor ole ben-wipe,
no one ever called for tax increases-just reported, believe gw was in office from 2000-05, never made it a political statement- you tried to do that... never have advocated a tax increase on chickens or the pot cooked in, just the fact that 2/3 of our coporations and 68% of foreign ones doing business here pd. no federal income tax between the yrs. indicated, by the way never stated that they pd. no taxes, just corporate income... you
might consider taking a reading for comprehension course, your local elementary schools might offer some....

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poor ben-wipe,
please try to read what is stated, never bashed gw or anyone for that matter, just reported-referenced what you posted and than changed about the president's ability to impact gas prices, don't try to change unless it is your underwear-lo....

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ben-wipe,
another of your truths-oops mistruths, have never advocated for any candidate or party, you just again attempt to do that, a reminder-have been a registered republican probably longer than you have been able to try and convulate the truth, try to look at issues and not blind adherence to a party though, you might consider doing the same, possible to prepare chicken in more ways than one.....

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rrs, Keep trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the folks who read this forum.
99% of them see right thru you for the liberal hack you 'truly" are.

Keep posting misquotes, 1/2 truths and twisating reports I will post the facts and rest of the story for those who wont look it up for themselves.

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Originally posted by Jim Fraze
. Cheney was hunting drunk with a woman that wasn't his wife and shot one of his friends. Is that MORAL?

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Originally posted by jesse walter
Heres a better one for u what is the SOB thats in right now do so great that isent a LIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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$3.95 and rising it was $4.25 last month

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Originally posted by Skinner

Increased the Minimum Wage. The minimum wage has risen from $4.25 to $5.15 per hour, increasing wages for 10 million workers. The President and Vice President have called for an additional increase to $6.15. Enacted the Workforce Investment Act. The Workforce Investment Act reformed the nation’s employment and training system so that it works better for today's workers. The WIA empowered individuals by giving adults more control and choice over their training or retraining and providing universal access to core labor market services; streamlined job training services by consolidating a tangle of individual programs into a simple system and creating a nationwide network of One-Stop Career Centers; enhanced accountability through tough performance standards for states, localities, and training providers; and increased flexibility so that states can innovate and experiment with new ways to train America's workers better.

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Gas in West Tennessee Tuesday evening was $3.41/gallon. I have seen it as low as $3.39

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mr. ben-wipe,
cluck-cluck on, anyone that points out the fallacy of your biased clucks you try to label as something far from reality, why is anyone that states a fact that your narrow mind does not what to accept a liberal-communist-democrat, cluck on, but please try to cluck the truth on occasion... again nothing political about what the GAO reported except in your very limited mind...
look up the concept of devil's advocate and see how you may continually allow others to play that role as you cluck on-on-on....

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mr. ben-wipe,
cluck-cluck on, anyone that points out the fallacy of your biased clucks you try to label as something far from reality, why is anyone that states a fact that your narrow mind does not what to accept a liberal-communist-democrat, cluck on, but please try to cluck the truth on occasion... again nothing political about what the GAO reported except in your very limited mind...
look up the concept of devil's advocate and see how you may continually allow others to play that role as you cluck on-on-on....

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mr.-ben wipe,
not sure what " compete inerrent fact " as you clucked is,
fact- mr ben-wipe cannot accept anything that he does not agree with as reality and attacks the same with diatribe clucking.... again look up devil's advocate... some statements are simply objective and not subjective as you often attempt to make them, today we have the greatest deficit-debt in history in our great nation, not a political statement, simple verfied fact period, senator mcain was a brave prisoner of war for 5 1/2 yrs.-objective fact... please try to understand the differnce between objective-subjective, apply-use the same....

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Originally posted by Million $ Ben
If you like being made look like a fool, Fill us in on these "lies" he has supposedly told.

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some of you have got it good! its still 3.79 in southwest WV. 3.89 in some places

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In the closing days of September 2002, with a congressional vote fast approaching on authorizing the use of military force in Iraq, Bush told the nation in his weekly radio address: "The Iraqi regime possesses biological and chemical weapons, is rebuilding the facilities to make more and, according to the British government, could launch a biological or chemical attack in as little as 45 minutes after the order is given. . . . This regime is seeking a nuclear bomb, and with fissile material could build one within a year." A few days later, similar findings were also included in a much-hurried National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction — an analysis that hadn't been done in years, as the intelligence community had deemed it unnecessary and the White House hadn't requested it.

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Your Precious Democrat leaders were saying this and urging Clinton to go to war with Iraq using the same facts and rhetoric LONG before GW was ever in office. Even Bill Clinton himself said Saddam had NW's and WMD's on hand. SO i guess, by your own words that GW said this and lied that Clinton, kennedy, Gore, Kerry, and 99% of the other Dmeocrats are/were lying as well?

Truly, you are making this too easy.

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To not be a democrat when you are 21 means you don't have a heart. To not be a republican when you are 41 means you don't have a brain.

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so you are willing to let the democrats set the standard for truth and correctness? just because 4 democrats were wrong also means it is ok for your guy to be wrong? george w bush was the president who started this war. he told and promoted the lies to justify it. it is his war. period.

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I WONDER WHAT OUR TROOPS KNOW THAT WE DON'T..........................



According to an analysis of campaign contributions by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, Democrat Barack Obama has received nearly six times as much money from troops deployed overseas at the time of their contributions than has Republican John McCain, and the fiercely anti-war Ron Paul, though he suspended his campaign for the Republican nomination months ago, has received more than four times McCain's haul.

Despite McCain's status as a decorated veteran and a historically Republican bent among the military, members of the armed services overall -- whether stationed overseas or at home -- are also favoring Obama with their campaign contributions in 2008, by a $55,000 margin. Although 59 percent of federal contributions by military personnel has gone to Republicans this cycle, of money from the military to the presumed presidential nominees, 57 percent has gone to Obama.


did ya get that???????? obama has recieved $60,642 from troops deployed abroad, ron paul $45,512 and jon mccain $10665.
yes you got that right deployed troops gave $106,000 dollars to candidates opposed to this war, and only $10,665 to mccain!
AND IT ISN'T JUST DOLLAR TOTALS-----233[donors] CONTRIBUTED TO THE TWO CANDIDATES OPPOSED TO THIS SENSELESS WAR WHILE 26 [donors]CONTRIBUTED TO MCCAIN!!!!

If you cant stand by our troops.............................

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