On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 09:58:13 -0700, fred White <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>On Friday, January 9, 2004, at 08:38 AM, Michael Baier wrote:
>
>> Bush's fresh interest in space happens to coincide with an election
>> year. A
>> new bold space initiative, it is thought, could excite Americans.
>
>For decades, I've watched incumbent Presidents (Democrats &
>Republicans) make proposals during the last year or so of their first
>term which are criticized by their political opponents as not being
>made for the benefit of the country but rather to improve their chances
>of being re-elected for a second term.
>
>

Fred,

you are lucky. In Germany they run forever. Kohl was in office for 16yrs
and during the last 8yrs he lied on a daily bases.
That was when the re-union with "east germany" was free of additional taxes.
Still today there is a "solidaritätsbeitrag" 10% then now around 7% on top
of your income tax.
The retirementfunds and healthcare are bankrupt because of that.
20 million people that never paid a dime are intitled for benefits.

We know how expensive Iraq will be. We had East-germany

Michael

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