[Vision2020] Cost of Government Day!

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 06:58:13 -0700

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C349D5.4B78DE60
Content-Type: text/plain;
	charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

July 11 was the "Cost of Government Day". 

*	Total Cost of Government: $4.96 Trillion
*	Per Person Cost of Government: $17,017
*	Number of Days worked to pay for government: 193

The cost of government change from 2000-2003: 9.7% increase

*	Federal Spending: 12.4% increase
*	State/Local Spending: 6.6% increase
*	Federal Regulations: 8.4% increase
*	State Regulations: 8.5% increase

Bottom Line: The average American has worked a cumulative 35 more days to
pay for the cost of government since 2000. 

You are now free to earn income for the rest of the year to pay for your
other needs and wants. 

Dale Courtney
Moscow, Idaho

------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C349D5.4B78DE60
Content-Type: text/html;
	charset="US-ASCII"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; =
charset=3Dus-ascii">
<TITLE>Message</TITLE>

<META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD>
<BODY>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>July=20
11 was the "Cost of Government Day". </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>Total=20
  Cost of Government: $4.96 Trillion</SPAN></FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>Per=20
  Person Cost of Government: $17,017</SPAN></FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D117104613-14072003>Number of Days worked to pay for =
government:=20
  193</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>The=20
cost of government change from 2000-2003: 9.7% =
increase</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<UL>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D117104613-14072003>Federal Spending: 12.4% =
increase</SPAN></FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D117104613-14072003>State/Local Spending: 6.6%=20
increase</SPAN></FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
  class=3D117104613-14072003>Federal Regulations: 8.4% =
increase</SPAN></FONT></LI>
  <LI><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>State=20
  Regulations: 8.5% increase</SPAN></FONT></LI></UL>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>Bottom=20
Line: The average American has worked a cumulative 35 more days to pay =
for the=20
cost of government since 2000. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D117104613-14072003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>You=20
are now free to earn income for the rest of the year to pay for your =
other needs=20
and wants. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D117104613-14072003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN =
class=3D117104613-14072003>Dale=20
Courtney</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff size=3D2><SPAN=20
class=3D117104613-14072003>Moscow, =
Idaho</SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>

------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C349D5.4B78DE60--