A few years ago, Ron Blackwelll told the story of meeting with some Fortune 500 CEOs. He said something like: "I don't get it. Profits are way up, the stock market is way up, yet you still hate Clinton. Why?" Their answer: "He raised our taxes."
Doug
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Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>***** Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 09:32:56 -0500
>From: Mark Lause <MLause at cinci.rr.com>
>Subject: [Marxism] Democratic Co-creators of Growing Inequalities in
>America...
>
>The Democratic role in creating a massive black hole in the Middle
>East for resources and lives should not eclipse its importance as the
>"liberal" face of Reaganite greed gone mad.
>
>There was a very revealing episode of Bill Moyer's NOW this past week
>focusing on the rapid growth of vast economic inequalities in the
>United States. In it, economist Robert Pollin stated, "The average
>corporate executive, even at the end of the George Bush I
>administration, was making a lot more than the average worker. 119
>times more. But by the end of the Clinton administration, so that's
>only over a course of eight years, the average corporate executive is
>making 449 times more than the average worker."
><http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_rules.html>
>
>This is a tidbit worthy of wider circulation.
>
>All of you CEOs would be well-advised to consider voting for another
>Democratic president. Anyone considering voting Democratic who is
>not a CEO....
>
>Solidarity!
>Mark L. *****
>--
>Yoshie
>
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