<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>Is Wall Street Now Main Street?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>http://www.policy.com/news/dbrief/dbriefarc657.asp</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>May 17, 2000 -- This year’s presidential election will</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>be the first in which both major-party candidates</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>recognize that stock owners constitute a majority of</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>Americans who vote and may soon be a majority of the</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>general public. The increase in the number of American</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>investors has had a ripple effect on American politics,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light" size=4>shifting the strategies and rhetoric of both parties</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT face="Abadi MT Condensed Light"><FONT size=4> <DIV><SPAN class=700142308-24052000>does anyone know the truth of the above statement? the numbers i mean, we all know about the rhetoric.  </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=700142308-24052000></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=700142308-24052000>better yet, what data do they use (or could be using) to make that contention?</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=700142308-24052000></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=700142308-24052000>alex</SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>