Friday, January 20, 2006 "Newsdump" thread:

Earth_First

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Fri Jan-20-06 02:32 PM
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Friday, January 20, 2006 "Newsdump" thread:

Post 'em here folks:

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Algorem

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Fri Jan-20-06 04:11 PM
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1. Millionaire Leaves Entire Estate To Pay National Debt ( staunch Dem)

http://www.newsnet5.com/money/6273546/detail.html

POSTED: 9:37 am EST January 20, 2006

FINDLAY, Ohio -- A woman who died Nov. 9 at age 98 has bequeathed her $1.1 million estate to the federal government and requested that it be used to help pay down the $8.1 trillion national debt.

Attorney Tom Drake, the executor of Margaret Elizabeth Taylor's estate, said his client made it "very clear" what her fortune was to be used for. Her will was filed recently in Hancock County Probate Court.

Taylor, of Findlay, was a staunch Democrat who believed the national debt should be paid off and she wanted to do her part, Drake said...

Treasury Department officials couldn't remember a larger gift, spokesman Stephen Meyerhardt said Thursday...

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Fri Jan-20-06 04:27 PM
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2. unfortunately the repukes will squander it like the surplus left by

Clinton.

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