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Millionaires for Bush, Billionaires for Kerry Why the super-rich favor the candidate who will raise their taxes. By Daniel Gross Posted Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2004, at 1:52 PM PT Buffett's got money to burn In Fahrenheit 9/11, a tuxedoed President Bush jokes: "This is an impressive crowd—the haves and the have mores. Some people call you the elite. I call you my base." Assuming they're economically rational creatures, rich people should support Bush. After all, Bush has cut taxes on the rich and promises to cut more, while Kerry vows to raise them. But the reality is clearly more complicated...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy wants to help thaw relations between the United States and Cuba with ice cream -- Ben & Jerry's in particular. Leahy, in Cuba for a weeklong visit, said he discussed human rights, health care and Kosovo with Cuban President Fidel Castro on Sunday. The two also hotly debated which country's ice cream was better. "Now my major diplomatic effort will be to get a hold of Ben Cohen and figure out how they can send down a case of Ben & Jerry's," Leahy said, referring to the Vermont-based company's co-founder. "Castro made...