In a message dated 4/27/2005 12:13:29 PM Pacific Standard Time, steve_at_brown-web.net writes: I'm paying now. The only question is: how much? I don't expect a tax refund because of this, but maybe it will go toward the deficit. As we all know from our personal budgets, it's usually the many small items that add up to big numbers. Anyway, whatever it costs AccuWeather to provide the service, you can bet it cost the Feds several times that. Also, no one has defined what services are going to be lost that relate to kayaking - if any. The bill only proposes not duplicating services which are provided in the private sector. Americans have a bad habit of complaining about their taxes, complaining about the deficit, and complaining about any reduction of government supplied services - sometimes all in the same paragraph. Dear Steve, Due to one party rule in Washington DC the deficit has been in very bad shape these past 4 years, so I understand your concern. The feds will still be providing the costly service of meteorology and hydrology, but not for you. The Comittee to Reelect Slick Rick will be given the information and repackaged and sold to us ungrateful commies that have been getting it free all these years. I do not know how many places publish tidal data in Great Britain, but when I look it up online the only place I find it is here: _http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/easytide/EasyTide/Support/Pricing.aspx_ (http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/easytide/EasyTide/Support/Pricing.aspx) Anyway, I'm sure kayakers don't go broke over there spending all their money on Her Majesties water levels, but I do hope we don't get to charging for every little thing. It's kind of a buzz kill. Ya see Steve, we are a great sea power and trading nation. That means that WalMart can drive their Chinese ships into the ports and unload them and a kayaker can paddle around the sea, too. We are all creating jobs and trade. Kokatat, Lendal, convenience stores, gas retailers and manufacturers, auto manufacturers, hotels, kayak coaches, designers, makers, breweries and coffee roasters, energy bar makers, chemical labs and plastic plants and tool makers all benefit by our efforts to get back to nature, not just the infrastructure Wal Mart or Ford need to trade. A government that provides desirable conditions for trade will maintain its great maritime and trading traditions. The government that locks information regarding the sea from the peasants and only gives it to the vassals of Senator Santorum takes us one small step away from that great tradition. Rob G *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Apr 27 2005 - 15:02:35 PDT
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