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