
<br /><br />>Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good... <br />>Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good <br />>Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad <br />> <br />>Clinton imposes regime change in Serbia -good <br />>Bush imposes regime change in Iraq - bad. <br />> <br />>Clinton bombs Christian Serbs on behalf of Muslim Albanian terrorists-good <br />>Bush liberates 25 million from a genocidal dictator -bad <br />> <br />>Clinton bombs Chinese embassy -good <br />> <br />>Bush bombs terrorist camps -bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Clinton commits felonies while in office -good <br />> <br />>Bush lands on aircraft carrier in jumpsuit -bad <br />> <br />> <br />>No mass graves found in Serbia -good <br />> <br />>No WMD found Iraq -bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Stock market crashes in 2000 under Clinton -good <br />>Economy on upswing under Bush - bad <br />> <br />>Clinton refuses to take custody of Bin Laden -good <br />> <br />>World Trade Centers falls under Bush -bad <br />> <br />>Clinton says Saddam has nukes -good <br />>Bush says Saddam has nukes -bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Clinton calls for regime change in Iraq -good <br />> <br />>Bush imposes regime change in Iraq -bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Terrorist training in Afghanistan under Clinton -good <br />>Bush destroys training camps in Afghanistan -bad <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Milosevic not yet convicted -good <br />>Saddam turned over for trial -bad <br />> <br />>Ahh, it's so confusing! <br />> <br />>Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes <br />> <br />>the average tax burden on Americans, and then calculates <br />> <br />>the "Tax Freedom Day". This is the day after which <br />> <br />>the money you earn goes to you, not the government. <br />> <br />>This year, tax freedom day was April 11th. <br />> <br />>That's the earliest it's been since 1991. <br />> <br />>It's latest day ever was May 2nd, which occured in 2000. <br />> <br />>Notice anything special about those dates? <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Recently, John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed <br />> <br />>Americans are actually paying more taxes under Bush, <br />> <br />>despite the tax cuts. He gave no explanations <br />> <br />>and provided no data for this claim. <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Another interesting fact: <br />> <br />>Both George Bush and John Kerry are wealthy men. <br />> <br />>Bush owns only one home, his ranch in Texas. <br />> <br />>Kerry owns 4 mansions in the US, (plus some abroad), <br />> <br />>all worth several million dollars. <br />> <br />>(His ski resort home in Idaho is an old barn brought over <br />> <br />>from Europe in pieces. Not your average A-frame.) <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; <br />> <br />>Kerry paid $90,000. <br />> <br />>Does that sound right? <br />> <br />>The man who wants to raise your taxes obviously <br />> <br />>has figured out a way to avoid paying his own.