TAX CUT BY G.W.B.

XxX · Zaslal: ne srpen 21, 2005 10:04 am Předmět: TAX CUT BY G.W.B.

iN A RADIO ADDRESS ON FEBRUARY 3, 2001, PRESIDENT BUSH SAID:

Picture a dinner in one of our cities. At the table is a lawyer with two children. She earns $250.000 a year. The waitress has two children of her own. She earns $25.000 a year. If both the lawyer and the waitress get a raise, it is the waitress who winds up paying a higher marginal tax rate. She will give back almost half of every extra dollar she earns to the government.
Both of these women, the lawyer and the waitress, deserve a tax cut. Under my plan, both of these women, and all Americans who pay taxes, will get one. For the waitress, our plan will wipe out her income tax bill entirely.

XxX · Zaslal: ne srpen 21, 2005 10:08 am Předmět: The waitress and the lawyer

ON MAY 30, 2003 AL FRANKEN'S "THE WAITRESS AND THE LAWYER" WAS PRESENTED AT THE BELASCO THEATER IN N.Y. IT WAS DIRECTED BY M. NICHOLAS , WITH THE FOLLOWING CAST:
DONNA - Drew Barrymore
ALLISON - Helen Hunt
URBAN COWBOY - Brian Dennehy

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The Waitress and the Lawyer
by Al Franken
(from an idea by George W. Bush)

(SET: a clean, well-lit dinner. It's eleven at night, ALLISON, a slim, well-dressed lawyer in her middle thirties, sets herself down at the counter. DONNA, a plump waitress in her late twenties, approaches with a pot of coffee and a friendly smile)
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->zacatek jsem vynechala, to neni dulezity...

..ALLISON: Oh, that lemon meringue looks great. Besides, it's gonna be a long nite.
DONNA: You workin' the night shift , too?
ALLISON: Well, in a manner of speaking. I am a tax attorney and April's my busiest month.
DONNA: Well, dont look for any business from me. Thanks to President Bush, I wont be paying any taxes this year.

(Allison laughs as Donna pours her a cup of joe)

ALLISON: You mean income taxes, Donna? Do you mind if I call you DOnna? I read your name tag.
DONNA: Sure, sug.
ALLISON: Donna, how much do you make?
DONNA: Well..
ALLISON: C'mon, just between us gals.
DONNA: Twenty-five thousand.
ALLISON: Wow. That puts you in the top 10 percent of all waitresses. And how much in tips?
DONNA: Thats including tips. I report every cent. In this country, if you play by the rules and work hard, you can make a better life for yourself.

(Allison laughs again, spraying her coffee all over the counter)

ALLISON:I am so sorry.
DONNA: DOnt worry about it, sug. I will wipe that up. But whats so funny?
ALLISON: It's just that what you said is so sweet and naive. Sure, you are getting a $365 cut in your income tax, but you are forgetting the $3.825 that was withheld in payroll taxes.
DONNA: Oh, I dont mind the payroll taxes, because I will get back every cent in Social Security and Medicare when I retire.
ALLISON: Honey, Bush raided the SS and Medicare trust funds to pay for MY tax cut.
DONNA: He did?
ALLISON: Yes. He took a $4.6 trilion ten-year projected surplus and turned it into a $1.8 trilion deficit. Let me show you what i am talking about.

(Allison empties the salt shaker onto the counter)

ALLISON: Lets say this pile of salt is the surplus that we had under Clinton. ANd..

(Allison tears open a packet of sugar and pours it on the counter, as well)

DONNA: Would you mind not doing that?
ALLISON:Sorry. My point is that eventually somone is going to have to replace all that sugar in the packet and, well, clean up the mess. And i have got a feeling its going to be you or your kids. You have kids?
DONNA: Two. Teddy is sex. He has some learning disabilities,but he is the sweetest boy. ANd Debbi's two, and quite a handful, especially for a single mom like me.
ALLISON: You know, I am a single mom myself.
DONNA: No kidding!
ALLISON: Yep, in fact, my oldest has a learning disability, too. Good thing I have him in private school, because the public schools are cutting back on special ed.
DONNA: I know. They told me that next year Teddy's not getting special ed. ALso, they're cutting the after-school program.
ALLISON: That's because Bush proposed cutting the Twenty-First Century Community Learning centers by forty percent.
DONNA: Bush did that? Well, I still like him. Because he cut MY TAXES Hundred percent.
ALLISON: Yeah, but you only paid $365 in income taxes. That after-school program alone was spending $700 a student. So , in a sense, you are already down $335.
DONNA: You are good with numbers. No wonder you are a tax attorney.
ALLISON: But , you know, DOnna, I'd be less worried about the after-school cuts, and more worried about losing your kids' health insurance. Here in Texas they're reducing eligibility in the SCHIP progream from $30.520 down to $22.890.
DONNA: SCHIP? But thats how my kids get their Medicaid coverage.
ALLISON: Yes, you are losing-lets see, Medicaid coverage is worth...two kids - about $2.896 a year right there.
DONNA: Oh no, what if they get sick?!
ALLISON: Just hope they dont. And you can blame George Bush. Because of the huge tax cut, the federal govermnetn cant fulfill its normal obligations to the states.
DONNA: Unfunded mandates.
ALLISON: Hey. You know the lingo.
DONNA: Yeah. We have Fox News on in here all the time. Thats why I knew I was getting a hundred pecent of my taxes cut.
ALLISON: DOnna, mind if I ask you a pesonal question? Do you live in subsidized housing?
DONNA: Why, yes. We get our Section 8 housing voucher im the mail every month.
ALLISON: Oh, dear. I am afraid your Section 8 voucher is about to disappear. I am guessing you live in a two-bedroom apartment with minimum amenities and rent in the fortieth percentile range - say, about $747 a month?
DONNA: Thats right on target!
ALLISON:So your voucher is about $1.464 a year.
DONNA: Wow! If I ever have to pay taxes again, I am coming straight to you!
ALLISON: ANyway, thats gone. So, let's see. After-school=$700, Medicaid = $2.896, Housing = $1.464. So, less your $365 tax cut, you are down $4.695.
DONNA: Well, Lord knows. I have been through hard times before. But as long as I have my child care, at least I can work without worrying about my kids.
ALLISON: Well, Texas is getting less funding for its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. So , they are cutting back on Child Care and Development Block Grants.
DONNA: But I dont get block grants.
ALLISON: Yeah, but your child care provider probably does. Or DID, I should say...Hmm, Donna, how do you get to work?
DONNA: Are they doing something to my bus?
ALLISON: Probably not. And thats the point. The state senate just cut public transit funding by 29%. They were going to upgrade the buses to cut down on the toxic emissions. Now they are keeping the old buses and raising the fares!
DONNA: Debbi does get asthma on bad smog days...
(long pause...In the background we can hear Sean Hannity on the TV)
Hannity:Thats class warfare!
Liberal Guest: Sean, the top one percent are-
Hannity: I dont want to hear your talking points. Nearly four milion Americans have been cut from the tax rolls!

ALLISON: i should get bak to work.
DONNA: So I take it you are not votin' for Bush next time.
ALLISON: Are you kidding? I make $250.000 a year. I LOVE BUSH!!!
DONNA: How big is your tax cut?
ALLISON: I am gonna get $6.000. Which is about sexteen times as much as you. And, of course, the program cuts dont affect me. But the big payoff comes when my mother passes away. She is on life support.
DONNA: I am so sorry.
ALLISON: Are you kidding? If she can hang on till 2010, I am getting $12 milion. Tax free. Thats about a six-million-dollar tax break.
DONNA: Oh,the repeal of the death tax. I saw that on Fox, too. I guess thats fair, because that money was already taxed once when it was earned.
ALLISON: My mom? Work? Oh,no no. Its mostly capital gains. Never been tawed, and now it never will be. Unlike your tips. Speaking of which, how much do I owe you?
DONNA: Well, lets see. They just raised the sales tax........ Allison gives her a wink and she leaves, passing an urban cowboy, who's just put a quarter in the jukebox...
DONNA: Can I help ya, sug?
COWBOY: Just a cuppa jo, I guess. I just got laid off.
DONNA: Oh, I am sorry to hear that. You work at the plant?
COWBOY: Naw. I am a special ed teacher.

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Henek · Zaslal: ne srpen 21, 2005 11:49 am Předmět:

Co tim chces naznacit??ze mas rada divadlo nebo poezii?>??

XxX · Zaslal: ne srpen 21, 2005 12:55 pm Předmět:

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