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Ray, I can't really tell if you're serious with this post or not, but, let's 
just assume you are.  I remember, years ago, sitting in a bar, I had gone in 
to get one beer after a rough day of air traffic controlling and I was in my 
Air Force uniform.  This was back when men (or wimmen) in uniform weren't 
seen as heroes or people who got as much respect from the general public as 
they do now.  Anyway, this guy comes up to me, never met him before, he had 
had a few, and began telling me how his tax dollars were paying my salary.

I just happened to have a calculator in my jacket pocket (I think it was tax 
season and I do my own taxes) so, with him watching, I crunched some numbers 
together figuring out, roughly of course, just exactly how much of his tax 
dollars came out to make up my annual salary. I was taking some college math 
courses back then so I thought I could actually do this within reason.

I came up with 2 cents.  I reached into my pocket and gave this fellow a 
nickle.  Told him he could keep the change and left the bar.

cya,
Howard


> From: Ridecamp Guest <guest-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Wolves,bears,snakes,public lands/yippee
> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 14:48:04 GMT
>
> Please Reply to: Ray O'Donohue rno2m@xxxxxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>   My opinion is that there are too many people and cows in the world and 
> not enough animals that eat people.Having said that,one of course defends 
> his livestock when neccesary.Just some perspective here:re wolves/grizzlies 
> preying on elk herds on public land: do those public land elk exist only 
> for the  hunter or the hunting guide who makes a living hunting them? Of 
> course not. MY interest in OUR federally owned lands is not the same as 
> that of the hunting outfitter,who IS being subsidised by the public. He is 
> also a taxpayer,in turn  subsidising my interest in having grizzlies and 
> wolves around. Re livestock predation:again,some balance here is called 
> for.How much of western livestock ranching depends to some extent on MY 
> subsidising it?How much of the west IS cattle country,absent federal/public 
> subsidy of some sort?There are cattle all over Virginia,generally a 
> profitable part time operation on small parcels of land.Absent grazing 
> subsidies,can western cattle raising profitably stand in competition with 
> areas of abundant rainfall? No? The guys in Virginia who raise cattle are 
> not subsidised to my knowledge,and they damn sure are not getting any sort 
> of cultural cowboy fantasy kick out of it.So...let's be moderate,and avoid 
> extremes here.
>
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