[Vision2020] A Bipartisan Extortion of the American Taxpayer

[Kai Eiselein, Editor]

Who secured them there and why? 
Are they criminals or are they just suffering at the hands of those who are "more equal"?


From: Jeff Harkins 
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 12:42 AM
To: Tom Hansen 
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] A Bipartisan Extortion of the American Taxpayer


I'm pretty sure that I learned that in kindergarten (or was it that book - 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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