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Re: Amway/Quixtar/MLMs
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 30 Jan 2001 04:57:06 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> So while in the specific I wish you luck, in the abstract I want Amway to do
> well, as, like I said, they pay a good chunk of the school taxes in my
> district. Since I'm a pragmatist (c.f. Thoreau/Emerson), I can be against
> property tax funding of schools while at the same time be willing to take
> the funds Amway pours in. Hypocritically, of course. :-)
One thing which to my mind makes property tax supported schools at least
somewhat palatable is that in most parts of the country you do have at
least some choice as to how much property tax you will pay, and what
kind of school system (of course the "government knows all and is
perfect" camp is trying to ruin even that by mandating the state fund
each school the same per pupil) you get for your money.
Frank
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| (...) I think, from a UK perspective, it is a good idea to aim to give kids an equal level of education. However, supplying equal $/head is a very simplistic way of doing this - unless we assume kids are a mass produced homogenous product. The cost (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm biased. I live in Ada, Amway pays a lot of my school taxes, and I have a lot of friends and relatives that work for Amway (the corporate entity) in various capacities, including my sister-in-law, several nonLEGO good friends and my LEGO (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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