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From: Anne Rice
1239 First Street
New Orleans, Lousiana 70130
Please come out for a flat income tax and beat the Republicans to the punch. Then you and Mrs. Clinton can return to your true mission--to bring health care and economic prosperity to all Americans.
The graduated tax system, like prohibition has burdened us with a huge world of corruption--legions of people devoted to evading the system.
No one has benefitted more from I.R.S. red tape and its erosion of American piece of mind, than the rich and the Republicans. To the average American poor and middle class, the graduated tax system is a nightmare.
America has been good to me. As an author, I have enjoyed the American dream. I can personally testify to the fact that the more I make, the more I give away. with no interest in tax deductions. I spread my income among those I love who need it--elderly relatives, young family members in college. These donations are given with pleasure, and only hampered by the gift tax system.
Americans are workers. The graduated tax system has demoralized them. A flat tax and health care for all will rejuvinate our nation.
We need to give to others directly, without the fear that our tax dollars go only to support the government at its worst.
Mr. William Safire's attacks on the First Lady are petty and ludicrous. After the terrible litany of scandals under Reagan, the constant attacks on you and your administration by your enemies make your enemies look foolish. Clinton and Gore are our best hope for the next four years for health care and for equity for all, with some restoration to the poor and middle class of what the Republicans took from them. I firmly believe that a flat tax and universal health care would mean a pure return to fundamental Democratic party values. Your courage and your refusal to give in on important points is an inspiration.
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Let me suggest that there is no true Republican leadership today. The Republican party has become the party of legislative blockade. William Safire and Mr. Dole would do well to visit the nation's hospitals, entering not only the emergency rooms, but also the intensive care wards of private hospitals, where desperate families of the dying are huddled in inadequate waiting rooms, terrified by insurance red tape.
God bless the press. We cannot live without them, but they are cynical and they can be petty.
You are a brilliant president and can lead us out of the dark entanglement of obsolete insurance plans, clever tax evasion lawyers, and confused and embittered people who are out of work, without health care, and without hope.
The word insurance is meaningless now. Health care is the reality. There is no such thing as fair share of a modern hospital bill for a private individual.
We are a rich and energetic nation. You and Vice President Gore are our great creative hope. I registered for the first time in years in order to vote for you, and I will vote for you again.
Please consider: Flat income tax, health care for all, and a new respect for individuality and individualism.
Yours Sincerely,
Anne Rice
This is a personal message to President Clinton. It is NOT copyrighted and can be reprinted and quoted by anyone, however, please do not distort the contents.
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