I Cogitate

Using logic on loan from the inhabitants of the current White House and as an example of a far too widely-demonstrated groupthink of many conservatives, a black-and-white case can easily be made for eliminating future tax cuts since they obviously contribute to moral depravity and lewd behavior.

Read on:

"Al Kamen
Friday, December 10, 2004
The Washington Post

Were those family-friendly tax cuts too big? On Oct. 4, as the campaign entered the home stretch, President Bush stopped in Des Moines to sign his most recent tax-cut bill and to single out Mike and Sharla Hintz, a couple from Clive, Iowa, he said benefited from his tax plan.

Last year, he said, they saved about $2,800 on their income taxes because of the administration's tax cuts. They used the money for their family, Bush said, making "home repairs and improvements."

"It's a special day for Mike and Sharla," the president said, "their 13th wedding anniversary. Theirs is a typical story. See, last year they received a child-tax-credit check for $1,600 for their four children. They took the family on a vacation to Minnesota. Next year when you get your check, you may want to come to Texas."

Unfortunately, Mike, a First Assembly of God youth pastor, might not be making the trip next year. Seems he was arrested this week and charged with sexual exploitation of a child, according to Iowa news reports.

Police said that last spring, Hintz began a relationship with a 17-year-old girl who was a member of the church's youth group, according to KCCI-TV. The contact allegedly occurred at the girl's home and during a mission trip to India.

Hintz, through his lawyer, denied the allegations. The church fired Hintz on Oct. 30."

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