[Vision2020] A Bipartisan Extortion of the American Taxpayer

[Jeff Harkins]

I'm pretty sure that I learned that in kindergarten (or was it that 
book - 
<http://www.amazon.com/Really-Need-Know-Learned-Kindergarten/dp/034546639X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1221723605&sr=1-1>All 
I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum).

Oh, I'm sure that Hansen will remember it for me.

Please be our moral compass!

At 02:45 PM 9/17/2008, you wrote:
>Another question to consider, even if is determined that that the cost
>burden to the tax payers is considered to be fairly high.
>
>Mr. Harkins, being a CPA, should totally understand the concept I am
>addressing . . .
>
>Return on Investment
>
>Those of us with a strong community conscience are willing to contribute
>that extra time, money, or effort for the sake of a better community.
>
>The selfish adage of "If I don't use it, why should I pay for it" doesn't
>hold water.  God gave us two hands.  One hand to help ourselves.  The
>other hand to help others.
>
>This brings to mind an example I explained here on the Viz a few years
>back . . .
>
>There are two rooms.  In each room is a long table with long benches on
>each side.  The table is stocked with food.  The people in the rooms are
>secured to the benches and have long 3-foot spoons strapped securely to
>their wrists.
>
>As you look into Room #1, you notice that the people are starving,
>because, although the spoons can easily reach the food, the spoons are too
>long to maneuver to their mouths.
>
>As you look into Room #2, you notice that the people are well fed because
>they are feeding each other.
>
>Until we as people adopt and welcome the attitude of that community in
>Room #2, we are all doomed to the same fate of those in Room #1.
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>"I can't.
>You can't.
>We can."
>
>- Author Unknown
>
>
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