[vacets-gen] Kerry vs Bush
Tin Le
tin at le.org
Thu Sep 2 07:59:44 PDT 2004
There are actually much better facts to debunk most of the urban legends
that are used to personally attack John Kerry on Snopes.com web site.
You can find them at http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/kerry.asp
I don't want to deluge you all with messages, so hopefully some of you
will take the time to check out the _REAL_ facts on Snopes.com.
Here is yet another debunking of the myth number #2. The full source is
at http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/homes.asp
> Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John
> Kerry are wealthy men. Bush owns only one home, his
> ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions, all worth
> several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho
> is an old barn brought over from Europe in pieces.
> (Not your average A-frame.)
Quote:
The aggregate value of these five homes is roughly $29 million, but the
claim that John Kerry "owns" all of these properties is problematic. John
and Teresa Kerry signed a prenuptial agreement and have kept their
premarital assets separate. The Boston townhouse (which John Kerry
mortgaged in 2003 to finance his presidential bid) is the only one of
these homes that they own as a couple; the other four belonged to Teresa
before her 1995 marriage to John Kerry, and some of them are even still
listed under the name of her late husband.
Also, according to the London Times, the Italian villa bought by actor
George Clooney was sold a year before John Kerry announced his intention
to seek the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, and it was owned not
by John or Teresa Kerry, but by Mrs. Drue Heinz, a relative of Teresa's
through her marriage to John Heinz.
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Tin Le
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On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Dr. Viet-Dung Hoang wrote:
> Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 06:08:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dr. Viet-Dung Hoang <vietdung_h at yahoo.com>
> Reply-To: Gneral forum for members of VACETS <vacets-gen at vacets.org>
> To: VACETS <vacets-gen at vacets.org>
> Subject: [vacets-gen] Kerry vs Bush
>
> Hi all,
> I received this email from a friend: there is no doubt
> that she is a Republican. There is probably some bias,
> but nevertheless interesting.
> Viet-Dung Hoang
> ------------
>
> I have combined 3 different emails that I have
> received lately concerning Sen. John Kerry and his
> wife. They are very interesting, and disturbing.
>
> Shortly after reading the following e-mail content, I
> happened to look at the label of a jar of Heinz
> sandwich slice pickles. Yep...."Made in Mexico"
>
> Check some of your Heinz products.
>
> ARTICLE #1:
> Sen. John Kerry keeps talking about U.S. corporations
> leaving this country and setting up shop in foreign
> countries, taking thousands of jobs with them. He is
> right, because that has happened. However, he is
> trying to blame it on George W. Bush. As far as I
> know, Bush has not moved one factory out of this
> country because he is not the owner of a single
> factory.
>
> That cannot be said about Kerry and his wife, Teresa
> Heinz-Kerry.
>
> According to the Wall Street Journal, the Kerrys own
> 32 factories in Europe and 18 in Asia and the Pacific.
> In addition, their company, the Heinz Company, leases
> four factories in Europe and four in Asia. Also, they
> own 27 factories in North America, some of which are
> in Mexico and the Caribbean.
>
> I wonder how many hundreds of American workers lost
> their jobs when these plants relocated in foreign
> countries. I also wonder if the workers in Mexico and
> Asia are paid the same wages and benefits as workers
> in the United States.
>
> Of course they're not. However, Kerry demands that
> other companies that relocate should pay the same
> benefits they did in the U.S. Why does he not
> demand this of the Heinz Company, since he is married
> to the owner?
>
> If Kerry is elected, will he and his wife close all
> those foreign factories and bring all those jobs back
> to America? Of course they won't.
> They're making millions off that cheap labor.
>
> ARTICLE #2:
> Every year an independent tax watchdog group analyzes
> the average tax burden on Americans, and then
> calculates the "Tax Freedom Day". This is the
> day after which the money you earn goes to you, not
> the government.
>
> This year, tax freedom day was April 11th. That's
> the earliest it has been since 1991. It's latest day
> ever was May 2nd, which occurred in 2000.
>
> Notice anything special about those dates? Today
> John Kerry gave a speech in which he claimed Americans
> are actually paying more taxes under Bush, despite the
> tax cuts. He gave no explanation and provided no data
> for this claim.
>
> Another interesting fact: Both George Bush and John
> Kerry are wealthy men. Bush owns only one home, his
> ranch in Texas. Kerry owns 4 mansions, all worth
> several million dollars. (His ski resort home in Idaho
> is an old barn brought over from Europe in pieces.
> (Not your average A-frame.)
>
> Bush paid $250,000 in taxes this year; Kerry paid
> $90,000. Does that sound right? The man who wants to
> raise your taxes obviously has figured out a
> way to avoid paying his own.
>
>
> ARTICLE #3
> OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa
> Heinz-Kerry
>
> Do you find it strange that Kerry's wife is never
> with him? Do you find it strange that you never hear
> any thing about her? This may be why!
>
> As time goes on, we're just getting to know the
> possible future First Lady of the United States of
> America, and it is quite interesting. You'll be
> hearing even more about Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of
> Democratic front-runner.
> She has quite a track record, especially when it
> comes to the causes she donates to.
>
> One of her favorite charities is the Tides
> Foundation. What is that, you ask? This foundation
> sends hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that
> protested the invasion of Iraq; that demands open
> U.S. borders; and provides legal defense for suspected
>
> terrorists. Among other groups supported by
> Kerry's wife: Ramsey Clark's International Action
> Center. This is the same Ramsey Clark that offered to
> defend Saddam Hussein. Another group seeks to
> ease restrictions on immigration from terrorist
> nations. Another group has links to the terrorist
> group Hamas. And on and on. American jobs are
> OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa
> Heinz-Kerry!
>
> Heinz overseas factories:
>
> HEINZ WATTIE'S AUSTRALASIA - Melbourne, Victoria,
> Australia
> HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. - Republic of Singapore
> HEINZ WATTIE'S LIMITED - Auckland, New Zealand
> HEINZ JAPAN LTD - Tokyo, Japan
> HEINZ-UFE LTD. - Guangzhou, People's Republic of
> China
> HEINZ COSCO - Qingdao, People's Republic of China
> HEINZ KOREA LTD. - Inchon, South Korea
> HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD. - Bangkok, Thailand
> HEINZ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Mumbai, India
> PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA - Jakarta, Indonesia
> PT HEINZ SUPRAMA - Surabaya, Indonesia
> HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES - Manila, the Philippines
> HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED - Wanchai, Hong Kong
> H. J. HEINZ (Botswana) (Proprietary) LTD. -
> Gaborone, Botswana
> KGALAGADI SOAP INDUSTRIES (Pty) LTD. - Gaborone,
> Botswana
> REFINED OIL PRODUCTS (Pty) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana
> OLIVINE INDUSTRIES (Private) LIMITED - Harare,
> Zimbabwe
> CHEGUTU CANNERS (Pvt) LTD. - Chegutu, Zimbabwe
> HEINZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. - Johannesburg, South
> Africa
> HEINZ WELLINGTON'S (PTY) LTD. - Wellington, South
> Africa
> HEINZ EUROPE - Hayes, Middlesex, England
> H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Hayes Park, Hayes,
> Middlesex, England
> H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Rovereto, Italy
> H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Telford, England
> JOHN WEST FOODS LIMITED - Liverpool, England
> H. J. HEINZ FROZEN & CHILLED FOODS LIMITED - Hayes,
> Middlesex, England
> H. J. HEINZ COMPANY (IRELAND) LIMITED - Dublin,
> Ireland
> H.J. HEINZ COMPANY OF CANADA LTD - North York,
> Ontario, Canada
> OMSTEAD FOODS LIMITED - Wheatley, Ontario, Canada
> ALIMENTOS HEINZ C.A. - Caracas, Venezuela
> DISTRIBUIDORA BANQUETE, S.A. - San José, Costa Rica
> HEINZ ITALIA S.r.l. - Milan, Italy
> FATTORIA SCALDASOLE, S.p.a. - Monguzzo, Italy
> COPAIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, S.A. - Athens,
> Greece
> HEINZ POLSKA Sp. Z.O.O. - Warsaw, Poland
> PUDLISZKI S.A. - Pudliszki, Poland
> WODZISLAW, S.A. - Wodzislaw, Poland
> ETS. PAULET S.A. - Douarnenez, France
> H. J. HEINZ FROZEN S.A.R.L. - Paris, France
> HEINZ IBERICA S.A. - Madrid, Spain
> IDAL (Industrias de Alimentacã, Lda.) - Lisbon,
> Portugal
> MIEDZYCHOD S.A. - Miedzychod, Poland
> HEINZ C.I.S. - Moscow, Russia
> HEINZ GEORGIEVSK - Georgievsk, Russia
> CAIRO FOOD INDUSTRIES SAE - Cairo, Egypt
> HEINZ REMEDIA LIMITED - Tel Aviv, Israel
> STAR-KIST FOOD DÃ''OR LIMITED - Haifa, Israel
> H. J. HEINZ GMBH - Dì² ì³¥ldorf, Germany
> SONNEN BASSERMANN - Seesen, Germany
> KONINKLIJKE DE RUIJTER BV - The Netherlands
> HAK BV - The Netherlands
> FOODMARK - The Netherlands
> HONIG MERKARTIKELEN BV - The Netherlands
> DRUKKERIJ DE GROENBOER - The Netherlands
> H. J. HEINZ B.V . - Elst, The Netherlands
> H. J. HEINZ BELGIUM S.A. - Brussels, Belgium
> SERV-A-PORTION - Turnhout, Belgium
> Arimpex Industrie Alimentari S.R.L. - Rovereto,
> Italy
> Comexo S.A. - Chateaurenard, France
> HEINZ EUROPE - UK and IRELAND - Factories: Chorley,
> Fakenham, Grimsby, Kendal, Kitt Green, Leaminton,
> Luton, Okehampton, Telford, Westwick
>
>
>
>
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