tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post114929020997187345..comments2023-08-19T00:28:50.258-07:00Comments on Attitutor Blog: Tax Math ReframedDon Berghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-50315663769780942012011-08-08T11:29:39.614-07:002011-08-08T11:29:39.614-07:00Here's how I responded to a re-posting of the ...Here's how I responded to a re-posting of the original awhile back:<br /><br />This story is offensive representation of a democratic society. First of all the idea that the reigning adminstration owns the country and is empowered to treat it as their own business is both horrid and too close to the apparent truth of the Bush administration. (I don’t know if other governments with radically Don Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-91699569443298547602011-04-09T15:01:06.854-07:002011-04-09T15:01:06.854-07:00I am on Facebook, but I don't friend people I ...I am on Facebook, but I don't friend people I don't know so you are better off contacting me through my sites: this one or <a href="http://www.teach-kids-atitude-1st.com" rel="nofollow">Teach-Kids-Attitude-1st.com</a><br /><br />Enjoy,<br />DonDon Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-26230131912676652992011-04-09T13:56:53.974-07:002011-04-09T13:56:53.974-07:00I like your response to the parable. Are you on F...I like your response to the parable. Are you on Facebook?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-52616869483416589092009-04-12T21:05:00.000-07:002009-04-12T21:05:00.000-07:00adronbhall,If you would be kind enough to elaborat...adronbhall,<BR/><BR/>If you would be kind enough to elaborate on exactly what your moral objections are and also "the ideals of a truly free peoples" then I would gladly attempt to reframe the tale again. <BR/><BR/>Enjoy,<BR/><BR/>DonDon Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-85043216127602227152009-04-12T10:22:00.000-07:002009-04-12T10:22:00.000-07:00You should re-write this again and place it in the...You should re-write this again and place it in the ideals of a truly free peoples.<BR/><BR/>Remove the Democrat and Republican fear mongering (what you wrote is sure to rile plenty of right wingers - you have in essence written an attack on their ideals).<BR/><BR/>But seriously, remove all the impetuous reasoning. Take 10 real people. Re-write the parable with 10 regular people from each of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-1149549911648475552006-06-05T16:25:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:25:00.000-07:00Let's think about the absence of civics in similar...Let's think about the absence of civics in similar terms as our parable.<BR/><BR/>So in our parable the public schools would be a part of the buffet meal that is served each night at the meal club. Consider that we have had management in place for decades that are of Italian descent and therefore they believe that the only legitimate cuisine that should be served should be Italian. <BR/><BR/>If Don Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-1149549053237658962006-06-05T16:10:00.000-07:002006-06-05T16:10:00.000-07:00Thank you, Karl! When I first got the original par...Thank you, Karl! When I first got the original parable in my e-mail I sent it on with requests for analysis. Then in the absence of such analysis I re-wrote the tale to try to address my nagging sense that there was something fundamentally wrong with it. Unfortunately, your reply seems to be an analysis of the original parable, not my reframing of it. <BR/><BR/>You talked about the owner, but my Don Berghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05995517741281465418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-1149538242156299662006-06-05T13:10:00.000-07:002006-06-05T13:10:00.000-07:00Unfortunately, your solution requires that the maj...Unfortunately, your solution requires that the majority of the population ignore their own short-term interests for a longer-term view. While it would certainly be nice if it happens, you have about as much chance of seeing success as you do when wishing for manna from heaven.<BR/><BR/>The analogy misses a couple things. First, that $100 only buys them one meal. The first five get to share the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13517920.post-1149460955515932902006-06-04T15:42:00.000-07:002006-06-04T15:42:00.000-07:00Excellent parable !!I would like somebody to expla...Excellent parable !!<BR/><BR/>I would like somebody to explain to me why our school system no longer teaches the principles and responsibilities of citizenship, a.k.a. "civics." These classes had already been discontinued when I was in school.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com