I came really close to calling in this morning, but I decided that I could stick it out. And I did, but just barely. And I also found out that I'm not the only one with this uninteresting malady. All of the smart ones called in sick... Anyway, I feel like my rectum has prolapsed, and I'm *still* not really sick. It's frustrating... I want to be well, or be sick and get it over with, whatever it may be. I got a call this afternoon from my dentist... they have a 07:30 opening for a cleaning. I had to cancel the one that I had set up for 10/10/2001 'cause I was going to be in Cleveland, and I hadn't called to set up another one yet, so that's good. I just hope that I feel good enough to get up and get there... I'm really getting fed up with the government. I'm a member of MoveOn and this is a quote from the memo I received today:
The repeal is retroactive, so companies would get rebates of all the
Alternative Minimum Tax they've paid for the last 15 years. The
numbers above are a sampling of these rebates.
The House also voted to allow corporations to store their profits
overseas as a tax shelter. That's right - this "stimulus" would
actually take money _out_ of the U.S. economy. It's backwards.
The right approach to stimulus is to put more money in the hands of
everyday people who need it most - by expanding unemployment insurance,
for example. People living marginally will spend it quickly on consumer
goods, so it circulates through the economy, benefiting everyone.
The enemy is not a foreign religion, something that is hard for us to understand. The enemy is not at our gates, clamoring to get in. The enemy has not rested just recently on American soil. The enemy... is good old American greed, coupled with good old American Christianity. Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm paranoid. That doesn't keep me from being scared. That doesn't keep me from being right. Those of you who pray... pray that I'm wrong. But keep your eyes open.
Last week, while our nation was reeling from the Anthrax threat, the
House voted to repeal the Alternative Minimum Tax on corporations.
This law normally requires hugely profitable companies to pay at least
some tax, no matter how many loopholes they can find. Its repeal would
allow many companies to pay zero U.S. income tax in perpetuity - a loss
of more than $12 billion in revenue next year alone.
Helping people would make economic sense. Giving billions in tax
breaks to America's biggest corporations doesn't.