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Offer to Bill Clinton
From the National Taxpayers Union today:
Former President Bill Clinton complained to Iowans yesterday that he doesn’t pay enough in taxes:
“Even though I approved of Afghanistan and opposed Iraq from the beginning, I still resent that I was not asked or given the opportunity to support those soldiers,” Clinton said. He said he “should not have gotten” the tax cuts he received as a wealthy earner.”
It is odd that someone with so many resources and connections needs to be “given the opportunity” to support the troops. But I will step up and, as he requested, ask him to support the troops and provide him with some opportunities to do so:
1) Cut a check to the government:
Make your check payable to the Bureau of the Public Debt, and in the memo section, notate that it is a Gift to reduce the Debt Held by the Public. Mail your check to:
Attn Dept G
Bureau Of the Public Debt
P. O. Box 2188
Parkersburg, WV 26106-2188
This will free up federal resources to support the troops.
2) Contribute directly to organization that supports soldiers and veterans.
The Pentagon has a web site, http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/help.html, with lots of ideas for President Clinton.
He could donate frequent flier miles (he might want to also suggest this to his globe-trotting pal, Al Gore), donate computers, write letters, support service aid societies and more.
3) Give up your taxpayer subsidized perks.
Taxpayers pay for rent and expenses for Clinton’s Harlem-based office, including a $75 thousand phone bill in 2006.