<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000080>OINK!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Giving Meaning To The Phrase, 'Pork Barrel Politics'<BR>BUSH VISITS WORLD PORK EXPO IN IOWA<BR>Associated Press<BR><BR>President Bush chose the World Pork Expo as a backdrop to celebrate the<BR>anniversary of last year's big tax-cut law and to urge the Senate to<BR>permanently repeal the estate tax. Exactly one year after he signed into<BR>law his centerpiece 10-year, $1.35 trillion tax package, Bush was<BR>traveling to Des Moines, Iowa, to make the case before a friendly<BR>audience of tax relief-loving farmers that eliminating the inheritance<BR>tax would bolster the nation's economic recovery, spokeswoman Claire<BR>Buchan said . . . The tax-cut message, in particular, was likely to<BR>resonate with visitors to the international livestock event, a huge draw<BR>at the Iowa State Fairgrounds that features plenty of free pork samples<BR>alongside displays of prize-winning swine.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>