Fwd: Government Whore

Lee Einer plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:32:51 -0700


Indeed-

Those seeking even more disquiet can reflect on the words of Benito 
Mussolini-

"Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is a merger of 
state and corporate power."

Welcome to the New World Order. Practice your  goose-step now, and avoid 
the rush...


Lee Einer

J wrote:

>Phil
>Welcome to the great land of beginning to understand how things really are. 
>Not how we we were taught or would like them to be but how they really are.
>The next step is a daily reading of www.lewrockwell.com
>
>Roger
>
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>Subject: Government Whore
>Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 08:52:56 -0700
>From: "Phil Mattison" <mattison@ohmikron.com>
>To: <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>
>Here's an example of what a joke the concept of  "equal protection under the
>law" has become:
>
>If you pick up a copy of the Internal Revenue Code, you can read the
>custom-tailored tax law written for AIG. It states, in part, that this
>section of the new tax law will apply to everyone except "any controlled
>foreign corporation which on August 16, 1986, was a member of an affiliated
>group (as defined in section 1504(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
>without regard to subsection (b)(3) thereof) which had as its common parent
>a corporation incorporated in Delaware on July 9, 1967, with executive
>offices in New York, New York." AIG was incorporated in Delaware on July 9,
>1967, and has its executive offices in New York. That little provision and a
>similarly arcane clause written for another big insurer --Cigna-- were worth
>an estimated $20 million to the two companies. They would have been obliged
>to pay that much in taxes had not a friendly, but anonymous, member of
>Congress's tax-writing committees inserted the exemption into law.
>
>Bartlett & Steele -- America: Who Stole The Dream
>--
>Phil Mattison
>Ohmikron Corp.
>480-722-9595
>602-820-9452 Mobile
>
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