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StephNW4Clark Donating Member (547 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 03:54 PM
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RNC Logic
"The $87 billion request for Iraq and Afghanistan is less than 4% of the entire federal budget next year - about the same amount as Americans spend on cosmetics." - Ed Gillespie, RNC Chairman
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 03:58 PM
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1. Oh that's all?
And usually we've got about 50% more than we need, anyway!
And it's only about a half of a percent of the GDP, too!
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 03:59 PM
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2. Great, where is my health care?
You f'n a**holes!!! My parents don't have health insurance as well as tons of other Americans. Let's take care of that since we are throwing cash around. :grr:
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Clete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 04:01 PM
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6. Yes, what about my husband's Medicare prescription
benefit you guys promised when campaigning? Right now he has to do without medication that would relieve his symtoms of emphysema because they are too expensive.
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 03:59 PM
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3. here is 1999 expenditures...show me where we spend 87B
on cosmetics????

http://216.239.41.104/search?q=cache:kI5IAnbWDVkJ:www.hawaii.gov/dbedt/99vrr/06.pdf+annual+spending+%22cosmetics%22&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 04:00 PM
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4. You beat me to it!
I was just about to post this! Good job! :toast:
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 04:01 PM
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5. Great minds baby...the fact...show me the facts!!!
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 04:02 PM
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7. OK, Ed...
So the average american spends $298 on cosmetics each year...

($87Bill/292 Mill)

http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock

Funny how close this is to their "tax cut" figure...
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Wickerman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-26-03 04:04 PM
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8. Stupifying
simply supifying.
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