My pleasure.
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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
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From: Alex Avdichuk[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 1998 9:50 AM
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Subject: Re: User Fees?, Natural History
Gee, Robert, more people like you should live in Ontario. Then maybe we
can do something positive about our current attitude towards taxation, and
the harm it is doing to our museums and not-for-profit organizations.
I've never heard it put quite so well as you did when you said, "People,
if you don't want to pay universally, in relatively small
amounts, then you must pay individually for the services that would
otherwise be covered by tax revenues."
Thanks for an insightful observation.
Alex Avdichuk
City of Toronto
Arts, Culture and Heritage Services
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Subject: Re: User Fees?, Natural History
Peter,
Put this in the context of the late and current "tax revolt" (something led
by industry for their own purposes, into which a large number of citizens
were drawn (duped?). The message I would like to shout from the rooftops
is: "People, if you don't want to pay universally, in relatively small
amounts, then you must pay individually for the services that would
otherwise be covered by tax revenues."
The logical conclusion to this tax revolt would be that those who live on a
given street will have to pay for the repairs to that street. If one holds
out, the street doesn't get fixed (I once lived on a street like that).
Pity the government-supported agencies that will lose from this approach,
to say nothing of those who won't be able to afford our entrance fee. Only
those who can will be admitted--and we will soon go broke and close our
doors to everyone.
But the People have spoken! Get government off our backs! Lower our
taxes!
Looking forward to your response.
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Robert Handy
Brazoria County Historical Museum
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