Bush administration thanks San Franciscans for their generous support

San Franciscans —

Thank you for your generous support to the George W. Bush administration and the Republican Congress. When President Bush first came to office, we sent out requests to every American household through the Internal Revenue Service requesting (okay, demanding) donations to help pay for our agenda and our expensive overseas wars.

About 75% of those who responded pledged a donation, averaging $6,878 per household. But San Francisco put the rest of the nation to shame, with an 84% response rate and an average pledge over twice the national average: more than $14,000 each! Thanks, San Francisco! We couldn't do it without you!

San Franciscans have a reputation for being unpatriotic people with nothing better to do than protest the war and bad-mouth the nation's leaders. But the numbers don't lie. San Franciscans may like to march around and chant and complain, but when that hundred billion dollar war bill comes due and it's time for someone to pick up the tab, nobody is more reliable.

When you see the President announcing our next war, take pride in knowing that when San Francisco was asked to help make it possible, it did more than its share.

— Ishmael Gradsdovic

P.S. If you'd like to run the numbers yourself, see IRS taxstats.