At 4:17 AM +0000 5/23/01, David E. Smith wrote:
>On Tue, 22 May 2001, Mac Norton wrote:
>
>> Be that as it may, your friend seems to want my taxes to put
>> him up at the Ritz and fly him first class and limo him fro
>> the airport, if not send a Lear for him. My personal view is
>> that your friend's demands are rather unreasonable, and I'll
>> bet my personal views are shared by most taxpayers.
>
>I'm not about to presume to speak for Tim, or his "friend," but I don't
>think that's at all what was meant.
>
>Having been on the business end of a couple of subpoenas, I believe I know
>what was being referred to. If the Federales want me to go to, oh, let's
>just say Tacoma, they can give me a cab to the airport and tickets and a
>hotel. In advance.
Precisely. We're not banks, we're not travel agents, and we have no
obligation to advance money to the government or to anyone else.
In Declan's case, recall that had he relied on the plans the
government made, he would have arrived late for the hearing.
>
>It's not my job to advance money to the government, even though they make
>me do so on a weekly basis. If my presence means that much to them, they
>can by God(dess) make it happen on their own.
Just so.
Mac Norton constructed a ridiculous straw man, claiming I said
something about Learjets, limos, and the Ritz.
--Tim May
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