Re: Warning This is political

August 9, 2004

Just FYI everyone,

This site is a parody; the site is AGAINST Bush and is poking fun at

policies that seem to favor the rich over the average middle class

American. Following is a quote from the " seriously " page.

Seriously though... What is Billionaires for Bush?

Billionaires for Bush is a strategic media and street theater campaign

whose combustible mix of humor, savvy messaging, grassroots participation,

and cutting edge internet organizing tools will flush out the truth about

our government's disastrous economic policies and help turn the fatcats out

of power in November.

Economic justice arguments tend to get dismissed as " class warfare, " but

the Billionaires — by impersonating the super-wealthy in a boosterish,

over-the-top manner, and cheering on Bush and his economic policies

— are able to paint the President as a friend of the wealthy with

surprising effectiveness. It's a back door that allows class issues to be

aired in surprisingly sharp terms.

After all, if you were a billionaire looking after your own self-interest,

you'd be behind Bush 100 percent. Bush's policies have been a boon

for billionaires, and a disaster for the average American. In the last

three years, 3 million jobs have been lost, tax cuts for millionaires have

mortgaged the futures of America's children, Enron and other corporate

scandals have bankrupted many workers' pensions, and the rebuilding of Iraq

has been used to channel over $20 billion in taxpayer dollars to companies

like Halliburton.

Meanwhile, corporations and wealthy individuals continue to wield an

enormous degree of influence via campaign contributions and lobbying

operations. Bush's war chest is expected to rise above $200 million in this

election cycle.

In spite of this, Bush's media team has managed to construct him as a

folksy everyday guy whose tax cuts are good for all Americans. It is this

image that the Billionaires campaign is aiming to upend.

And we're off to a strong start. But we need your help.

Please join the campaign, by lending your voice, your talent, your energy,

your support. Thank you.

At 06:02 PM 8/9/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I just found this site and thought it is too good not to share. Its

>billionaires for Bush.

>

>Donna

>

>Medicare and Pharmaceuticals

>

>The health of Americans is important to us. In fact, it's worth

>about $1.6 trillion a year! And now is helping us make even

>more money from this booming business. He's protecting our profits

>by barring cheaper drugs from abroad, while his new Medicare bill

>guarantees that the government can't negotiate bulk drug prices from

>our companies. Read more...

>

>Investment: $44 million in Drug Company donations to Republicans

>since 2000

>Return: $139 billion in additional Drug Company profits over 8 years

>Percent Return: 315,900%

>

>http://www.billionairesforbush.com/candidate.php

>

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>

August 9, 2004

Here's the whole bit on the pharmaceutical stuff:

Medicare and Pharmaceuticals

The health of Americans is important to us. In fact, it's worth about $1.6

trillion a year! And now is helping us make even more money from

this booming business. He's protecting our profits by barring cheaper drugs

from abroad, while his new Medicare bill guarantees that the government

can't negotiate bulk drug prices from our companies.

The American drug industry is a real cash cow for us, the most profitable

one in the world. Over the 3 years of the Bush presidency, our drug

companies averaged 17% profit. Nobody beats that, and it's all thanks to

. But the best is yet to come. The President has passed a strong

Medicare bill that prohibits the government from butting their noses in and

negotiating drug prices with our drug companies. So, 61.1 percent of the

Medicare dollars that will be spent by the government will be added to drug

company profits. This means an estimated $139 billion in increased profits

over eight years for the world's most profitable industry. At $17 billion

annually, this means about a 38 percent rise in drug maker profit, in

addition to our 17% profit margin now. A nice return on our drug companies'

investment of only $44 million in the Republicans since Bush was elected.

We were scared that importation of cheaper drugs from countries we don't

yet control, like Canada and Australia, might undermine our profit, but the

President passed laws banning this evil practice, and House Speaker Dennis

Hastert (whose largest source of campaign money is drug companies)

advocates forcing Canada to raise its own drug prices to protect us from

competition. That's smart!

Investment: $44 million in Drug Company donations to Republicans since 2000

Return: $139 billion in additional Drug Company profits over 8 years

Percent Return: 315,900%

At 06:02 PM 8/9/2004 +0000, you wrote:

>I just found this site and thought it is too good not to share. Its

>billionaires for Bush.

>

>Donna

>

>Medicare and Pharmaceuticals

>

>The health of Americans is important to us. In fact, it's worth

>about $1.6 trillion a year! And now is helping us make even

>more money from this booming business. He's protecting our profits

>by barring cheaper drugs from abroad, while his new Medicare bill

>guarantees that the government can't negotiate bulk drug prices from

>our companies. Read more...

>

>Investment: $44 million in Drug Company donations to Republicans

>since 2000

>Return: $139 billion in additional Drug Company profits over 8 years

>Percent Return: 315,900%

>

>http://www.billionairesforbush.com/candidate.php

>

>=======================================================

>

August 9, 2004

Did you see what they wrote about the

Environment....

Environment

Once, governments fought to protect your health and preserve the

environment for your children. Maybe they just didn't appreciate how

much money could be made? But does. He's undone decades of

terrible, anti-Billionaire policies and fought hard for our rights

to make billions polluting the air, endangering health and wrecking

the natural world.

Time and again, our man has made the Billionaires' choices -

corporate profits over public health.

Take the Clear Skies Initiative, submitted to Congress in February

2003. Ingeniously employing a name that sounds " environmental, " the

Clear Skies Initiative would actually eviscerate the Clean Air Act

by allowing power plants to emit far greater quantities of sulfur,

mercury and nitrogen pollution than they are currently able to.

Sure, kids would get asthma, adults would have higher risks of lung

cancer and women with elevated mercury levels would give birth to

children with neurological impairments. However, the owners of these

power plants — that's us! — would come away with billions upon

billions of dollars. We can almost taste the money pouring in

already!

http://www.billionairesforbush.com/candidate_environment.php#environm

ent

>

August 9, 2004

And his buddies in the insurance and medical/pharmaceutical field would also

make a bundle.

S

From: Donna [mailto: dma_nc1@...]

Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 19:39:03 -0000

Subject: [ ] Re: *Warning* This is political

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