Fact: The top 10% of earners pay most taxes
Fact: I have, over the course of the last 5 years, entered into the top 10% bracket.(editorial note here...I had no idea that the threshold for making the top 10% was so low. You 30-50K folks are VERY close!!)
Fact: Tax rate increases reduce treasury income.
Fact: Tax rate decreases increase treasury income. (please refer to OMB or GAO reports 1960 - 1998)
Fact: The current tax code is written for social engineering and special treatment for political sweethearts of both parties not revenue generation.(see "sin tax" and "methanol subsidies")
Fact: The second ammendment is meant to protect us from an oppressive or tyrannical government.(see "federalist papers" or "constitution of the United States of America")
Fact: The constitution does not SEPARATE church and state.(it merely prohibits establishment of a particular religion by the state)
Fact: "People should pay according to their ability to pay" is one of the tenets of Marxism, the basis for modern socialism.
Fact: The fairest tax system is a flat tax.(everyone pays the same RATE)
Fact: The western states dams are not the only cause of poor fish runs.(perhaps not even the primary cause)
Fact: Slade Gorton will have more power to make positive change regarding fish should a concise, fact based answer to the problem arise.
Fact: I have made a comprehensive case for voting for a conservative senator in WA state.
Fact: No one has made a comprehensive argument against a conservative senator based in fact.
Fact: Every state that has leaned in the conservative direction in the last ten years has seen dramatic improvements in areas social and economic.(John Engler, Tommy Thompson, Christie Whitman, George Bush, Jeb Bush, Frank Keating etc.)
Fact: Economic prosperity leads to social prosperity in a free marketplace.
Fact: There is no better fish on the planet than steelhead.(stretching the definition of fact on that one)
Fact: Patty Murray has been voted #1 dimmest bulb in DC every year for the last three.(do we want more of this?)


Fact: I'm done with this thread