Re: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Wilma de Soto
Dear Mr. Magill, I agree with you on several points. The neighborhood where that poor kid was shot knows who is doing what and all the showboating for the cameras is not going to change the quality of life for those children. Children in public school today carry lots of baggage. It's not like

[UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Tancredi, Sue M.
For the past 2 and a half years I have been involved in infertility treatment and seen the misery of couples who can not conceive. Some of this couples eventually choose to live a childless life because they simply can't have a child, no matter how many medically invasive, expensive and humiliat

RE: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Knight, Sandra \(US - Philadelphia\)
Put some of that excessive communication energy to work. oh Fred, stop sounding so peevish. This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should

RE: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Knight, Sandra \(US - Philadelphia\)
<...Oh, and for what it's worth, neither my partner nor myself have ever had any children, although if it had been legal when we were younger, we would have adopted...> and those kids would have been damned lucky too, Fred!!! Now I think of it, do you want to adopt me? San

RE: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Fred Wolfe
At 02:44 PM 2/12/2004 -0500, Knight, Sandra \(US - Philadelphia\) wrote: <...Actually I do not disagree that children are the future and need nurturing from everyone. That is why I am in the business that I am...> Good grief Wilma, Of course, I would hope that we all agree with you about the impo

Re: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread William H. Magill
n 12 Feb, 2004, at 11:51, Wilma de Soto wrote: As a teacher in the Philadelphia Public Schools for more than 25 years and as a childless person, I feel I must take issue with some of the points in the article you have posted. My experience has been for all the talk abut “Children are the Futu

Re: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Monique . M . Harvey
FX Winkler references the following: Parents are systematically more likely to think of the future of our planet > and our society, because their children and the prospect of further > generations of descendants give them a long-term stake in that future. > Childless people, in the knowledge that

Re: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Cappy Harrison
--- FX Winkler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Taken verbatim from: > > http://www.adequacy.org/stories/2001.7.18.234716.107.html > > Parents are systematically more likely to think of the future of our planet > and our society, because their children and the prospect of further > generations of des

RE: [UC] Equality of taxation

2004-02-12 Thread Knight, Sandra \(US - Philadelphia\)
<...Actually I do not disagree that children are the future and need nurturing from everyone. That is why I am in the business that I am...> Good grief Wilma, Of course, I would hope that we all agree with you about the importance of children and the importance of their nurturing. We just don't