Amen, Andrew. And we haven't even mentioned government - I mean public - schools. (Full disclosure: we homeschool our girls.)
--
Lewis
------- Original message -------
From: Andrew J. Leary <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Sent: 12.8., 23:40
> Just like Amtrak is a private company, that just happens to drive government
> owned vehicles and get billions of dollars a year in government funds.
>
> If Amtrak really had to exist without subsidies it would cease to exist.
> The USPS would probably last a little longer, but it would be interesting to
> see it compete on a level playing field with UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: os2-wireless_users-owner
> [mailto:os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com] On Behalf Of Lewis G
> Rosenthal
> Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 10:19 PM
> To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
> Subject: [OS2Wireless] Library of Congress is confused...
>
> On 08/11/2005 08:23 am, Stan Goodman thus wrote :
> > That will be the day -- when the Congress takes an interest in which
> format
> > applications are to be submitted.
> >
> > Lewis, please tell them how electronic tax returns are filed.
> >
> >
> :-) Interestingly enough, we don't handle electronic filings in our
> office. The rules for submission are that accounting firms with non-CPA
> ownership (i.e., any firm wherein at least one of the owners having
> greater than a certain minuscule participation) must subject themselves
> to some oddball requirements. As an example, while my brother is an
> Enrolled Agent (having passed an IRS-designed and administered exam,
> which qualifies him to practice before them <all hail the mighty
> Service>), I am not. Therefor, I must either pass the exam (I came close
> a couple years ago, but you need to pass at least two of the four parts
> on the first run; I passed one, and was within a couple points on the
> second), or be fingerprinted. Most of you on this list know what a
> privacy freak I am, and so I flatly refuse to be fingerprinted like a
> common thief. Ergo, Rosenthal & Rosenthal, LLC doesn't do electronic
> filings. Remarkably <snide grin>, we haven't lost any clients over this,
> and only a couple actually ask us about electronic filing each year. One
> day, when the there's a sea change at the Service, we may yet do them.
> Until then, trees are an endangered species around our offices from
> January through April, and the LaserJet eats well.
>
> </OT>
>
> On a matter of principle, I agree with Stu. This is a representative
> republic (not a democracy, as some mistakenly refer to it). The best
> place to lodge complaints about government inadequacy is with our
> representatives, though I highly doubt that the Honorable Senators
> Schumer or Clinton would listen to me (particularly if they knew how far
> to the other side of the aisle I sit in relation to them...). The House
> of Representatives would be the best place to start:
> http://www.house.gov/writerep/.
>
> Meanwhile, I'll still kill a few trees and send paper mail to the
> Copyright Office. Hmmm... Let's see: five sheets, assuming I can get it
> to fit on one page, plus an envelope, probably brings me over the 2oz
> mark. So, that's some extra postage to the US - oh, that's right, the
> "private company" which has the monopoly on first class mail isn't a
> "government" entity anymore...right... Sounds like a revenue-generating
> plan, if you ask me. ;-)
>
> --
> Lewis
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