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Classy economic approach

Sun., Oct. 3, 2010

I get so sick and tired of these silver-spooners whining that they pay 60 percent of the taxes. Why the hell shouldn’t they? They get 90 percent of the money.

Please tell me, if they get all the tax breaks and it’s so good for the economy, why is the economy in the ditch now? We’ve had the Republicans running the show for the last 10 years and what did we get? We got two wars and the biggest bank heist in the history of the world and the worst recession since the Great Depression.

And now The Contract On America. It’s the same old crap. To hell with working people, and give everything to the top 5 percent.

If you want jobs, justice and peace, you had better get out and vote, and vote YOUR interests.

Norm Ellefson

Spokane

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