******Has anyone seen this? Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill

[shelley806]

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MSNBC.com
Bush quietly signs corporate tax-cut bill
$140 billion measure assailed for catering to special interests
Reuters
Updated: 1:29 p.m. ET Oct. 22, 2004

WASHINGTON - Without fanfare, President Bush Friday signed into law a bill containing nearly $140 billion in corporate tax cuts denounced by critics on both sides of the aisle as a giveaway to special interests.
Bush signed the measure into law aboard Air Force One en route to a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, forgoing a public signing ceremony that would have attracted attention to the tax cuts less than two weeks before Election Day. The bill has been heavily criticized by both Democratic presidential rival John Kerry and Republican Sen. John McCain, among others.
The White House had marked the signing of Bush's other major tax bills with lavish public ceremonies. This one was marked with a one-paragraph statement by the press secretary.
Asked why there was no signing ceremony for the corporate tax bill, White House spokeswoman Claire Buchan said: "There are a variety of ways the president signs legislation."

McCain, an Arizona Republican who is campaigning for Bush, had called the measure "the worst example of the influence of special interests that I have ever seen."
Kerry campaign spokesman Phil Singer said: "George Bush filled the bill up with corporate giveaways and tax breaks for multinational companies that send jobs overseas."

[Triana]

1. BLAST THIS TO THE MEDIA! (N/T)

[shelley806]

10. I have listened to CNN and/or MSNBC all day long since I read it

AND NOTHING......NADA......

IT SICKENS ME. AND PEOPLE WONDER WHY BUSH REMAINS POPULAR? THE MEDIA IS RESPONSIBLE IF THIS CRIMINAL MASS MURDERER GETS RE-ELECTED. HOW DO I GO ABOUT RESPONDING TO THE MEDIA ABOUT SOMETHING THEY ALREADY KNOW?

I"m MAD guys, sorry for the caps.

[madmax]

2. Unbelievable! Where is Wolf, Judy, et. al. n/t

[Goldmund]

3. What I don't get is...

...why he didn't wait to do this until after the election. Whatever happens, he'll be there til January.

[The Doctor.]

4. Lovely....

How come anyone can ignore this pResident's duplicity?

[wildflower]

5. Hmm...no signing ceremony, and it's Friday. n/t

[ogradda]

6. yes i did see that

i hope we still have an economy come january.:scared:

[madmax]

7. Media Blaster time!

:kick:

[texastoast]

8. Here's your body armor, Marines

Oh, I meant, we aren't buying you any so Bush can give the money to the wealthy without the usual photo-op fanfare.

:grr:

[Contrary1]

9. Message deleted...

posted response to wrong thread.

[spanone]

11. ...And the dow took 107 point dive. Thanks chimp.

[bigtree]

12. Bush Republican Economics: NASCAR track owners won a break worth $101 mill

for grandstand expenses???!!!!

Cruise ship companies get a $28 million tax break

$27 million tax break to encourage foreigners to gamble at U.S. horse and dog racetracks and $9 million in tax breaks to U.S. makers of bows and arrows.

Excise taxes reduced from 10 percent to 3 percent on fishing tackle boxes.

A $234 million tax break for wine, beer and liquor makers.

A $10 billion industry-financed buyout for tobacco farmers.

And of course, tax breaks for natural gas companies and the timber industry (got wood?)


One article outlining the bill:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.corptax12oct12,1,2364071.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines

This is the republican answer to record unemployment and job loss. Feed the corporate pigs first. The rest of us get leftover scraps of precious feed from the trough.