I would just like to extend my thank yous to all the taxpayers out there. I spent part of this break exploring some of the museums and monuments the DC area has to offer, provided free of charge to anyone who enters.
This is a classic example of transfer payments from most of the US to museum-and-monument-attending residents (and their visiting counterparts). Oh sure you could say anyone gets in free (even foreigners who don't pay US taxes) so it's fair, but that's like defending a thief who steals money, hides it halfway across the country and e-mails the location of the goods to the original owner.
In other words it's still wrong, but I went anyway.
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Well, I'm glad you had a good time. Maybe we should start supporting movies with tax dollars too.... :-0
You're welcome.
Think of this as education. Public schools are free to children. Libraries are free to everyone. Museums and monuments are there to teach people as well. So I don't really see a big difference. "Promote the general welfare" and such.
Did they ask for a donation? If so, did you be an honest man and give one or were you a cheapskate and learn for free?
Jason
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