On Aug 3, 5:49 pm, SMITH29
clear.net> wrote:> On 8/3/2011 10:13 AM, Bluesfan2U wrote:
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>> On 8/3/2011 2:54 AM, Barack Hussein Bohica wrote:
>>> On Tue, 02 Aug 2011 21:57:01 -0700, Bill Shatzer
NOcornell.edu>
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>>>> SMITH29 wrote:
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>>>>> On 7/30/2011 3:51 PM, Bill Shatzer wrote:
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>>>>>> BobR wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Jul 27, 1:43 pm, Bill Shatzer
NOcornell.edu> wrote:>
>>>>>> -snip-
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>>>>>>>> I assure you that when my kids were going to summer camp, they
>>>>>>>> rode on
>>>>>>>> chartered school buses, not chartered jets. And the camp fee was
>>>>>>>> considerably less than $10 thousand a session.
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>>>>>>> Well, how great for you. Now just think of all those parents who
>>>>>>> couldn't even send their kids to summer camp let alone on chartered
>>>>>>> school buses. Guess you aren't paying your fair share either are
>>>>>>> you? Or is your only point of measure for those that have more than
>>>>>>> you?
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>>>>>> The buses were chartered by the camp. You drop off your kid at the
>>>>>> pickup point (one of the high schools) and the buses show up to cart
>>>>>> everybody's kids off to camp together.
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>>>>>> And Campfire has a financial assistance program available for families
>>>>>> unable to afford full fees.
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>>>>>> No kid is denied the experience because of financial reasons.
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>>>>>> I doubt the $10,400 a session Tripp Lake Camp for the scions of the
>>>>>> uber
>>>>>> wealthy has a similar policy.
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>>>>> And no every family has a Bentley. Your point is?
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>>>> The families who can afford a Bentley can afford to pay a bit more to
>>>> help out the folks with no car at all.
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>>>> Certainly we shouldn't be subsidizing their purchase of Bentleys - or
>>>> their private jets which whisk their little darlings off to spendy
>>>> summer camps in Maine.
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>>> It ain't yo' money, dawg.
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>> But it is
(when it comes to writeoffs)
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> xxxx
> No it isn't.
Sure it is. That's why Blues was specific, and it's why you snipped
his comment.
Curt
