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detroit Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 04:53 AM
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Perhaps Bush's biggest gaffe
From FOX News:

"Kerry startled Bush by saying that the president is counted as a small business for tax purposes because he once earned $84 from a timber company he owns.

"I own a timber company?" Bush asked. "That's news to me." Then he paused and added, "Need some wood?"

That baffling exchange arises from an analysis by the Annenberg Public Policy Center's FactCheck.org debunking Bush's claims that Kerry's plans to raise taxes on the richest Americans would increase the tax burden on 900,000 small businesses.

The analysis found that the Bush campaign is counting every rich person who has even $1 of outside business income as a small business owner, even if they have no employees.

The analysis said even Bush qualifies under that definition because he reported $84 in income from his part-ownership of a timber enterprise on his 2001 federal tax return."
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Dem2theMax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 04:56 AM
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1. Link please. This one will be handy for ammo against
emails I know I'm going to get from friends.
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detroit Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 05:05 AM
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2. The link
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PCIntern Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 05:56 AM
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3. Way too complex for the Amurkin voter
this issue may as well be the General Theory of relativity or written by Piaget as far as most people are concerned. It's unfortunate.
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radfringe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-09-04 06:13 AM
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4. need some wood?
as a matter of fact I do -- need about 5 cords to supplement heating my house this winter because OIL PRICES are sooooo high

do you do the spliting and stacking too?
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