<DIV>Tom,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>That is irrelevant and irrational thinking, like that is anything new, so I don't know where to began. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>First, a loan is not SUPPORTED by the taxpayer, it is a LOAN. I have to pay it back, with INTEREST. The forced repayment of the loan is supported by the teeth of the government. It was a private bank that loaned me the money, not US taxpayers. So they haven't supported anything unless I die before my loan is paid off. And even then, they just take my assets. If I and other students didn't have loans for college, how much smaller would UI be? I am willing to bet it would have less PERSI participants. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Second, their paycheck is 100% supported by me and other taxpayers and students. Not the other way around.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Third, who cares if I benefit from government programs, everyone does. I benefit from the federal government too,
does that mean, in Hansen's logic, I cannot be opposed to the things that people in the Federal Government do, like Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, etc.?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Finally, I am not taking money from a specific individual or company and claiming others shouldn't be allowed to and trying to legally block them from doing so. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I don't see a protest or organized demonstration against PERSI for investing $7 million into Wal-Mart, do you? And don't tell me that UI employees don't know how to organize a protest.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>But that's OK Tom, you keep reaching for elaborate excuses and justifications to take money from a company that profiteers off what you believe to be slave labor. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The fact that you even try to justify it is telling in and of itself. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Best,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Donovan<BR><BR><B><I>Tom Hansen
<thansen@moscow.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Arnold -<BR><BR>And yet you have accepted federally-subsidized student loans supported by<BR>taxes paid by those very same hypocrites.<BR><BR>Do you accept money from any other federally-subsidized program supported by<BR>(again) those very same hypocrites? Be advised that you have admitted to<BR>this right here on the Viz.<BR><BR>Enough said.<BR><BR>Seeya round town, Moscow<BR><BR>Tom Hansen<BR>Moscow, Idaho<BR><BR>"Anyone that buys something at Wal-Mart or Target expecting it to last<BR>doesn't know how to spend money."<BR><BR>- Donovan Arnold (October 3, 2006)<BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR><BR>From: vision2020-bounces@moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com]<BR>On Behalf Of Donovan Arnold<BR>Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 12:11 AM<BR>To: keely emerinemix; Sue Hovey; vision2020@moscow.com<BR>Subject: Re:
[Vision2020] walmart and choice (was Leading Liberals Own<BR>Stock)<BR><BR>Rev. Keely,<BR><BR>I noticed you had to write a three chapter book to justify the profiteering<BR>off of slave labor. What did it say, in brief summary?<BR><BR>WWJD? Would Jesus take money he considered to be off of slave labor? Or<BR>would he turn it down?<BR><BR>Just because somebody did public service in the USA, doesn't justify their<BR>right to wrong others that are less fortunate then they are by financing<BR>their slave labor. <BR><BR>Liberals in this community say NO to those that are poor and trying to buy<BR>something at SuperWalMart, but they themselves are making money off the<BR>SuperWalmart. To me, this is hypocritical, to say the least. <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>Donovan <BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><p> 
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