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Tag: 2010 Budget

Haiti, Death and Taxes

By Political Agenda, Section News
Posted on Mon Jan 25, 2010 at 10:47:48 AM EST
Tags: 2010 Budget, Budget, Death Tax, Estate Tax, Haiti, World Trade Center (all tags)

Political Agenda with Danian Michael

Perhaps it is a bit weird that when I reflect on the devastation in Haiti, I tend to think about the day before it happened? Yet it is undoubtedly the case that we all do this to some extent when for example we exclaim, "I never saw that coming!" In many ways, January 11, 2010 reminds me of September 10, 2001, the day before our own major disaster. As I went about my day without a thought of Americans dying in masses, I had no idea that events were about to unfold that would change this world forever and that would cause so much pain. I would imagine that the people of Haiti had a similar experience on January 11: deep below the earth's crust right under their feet--and unbeknownst to anyone--events were unfolding that would culminate with such devastation. If only the people of Port Au Prince Haiti and the people inside the World Trade Center were given a heads-up, who knows how many lives could have been saved.

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