From: Rafal Smigrodzki (rafal@smigrodzki.org)
Date: Sat Aug 02 2003 - 16:27:16 MDT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury@aeiveos.com>
To: "Extropy List" <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:18 PM
Subject: POLITICS: Supporting service
>
> Dave Eggers offers up an interesting point with respect
> to the need to support "service" within our communities.
> (Sounds extropic to me.)
>
> "Muting the Call to Service" (2 Aug 2003)
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/02/opinion/02EGGE.html?hp=&pagewanted=print&position
>
> Interesting how it seems to get so little attention from
> the politicians (e.g. writing to them might make a difference).
>
### But he is actually talking about *tax-paid* services (improperly
referred to as "volunteering" - which should be reserved to rendering unpaid
services). Since such programs divert resources from true volunteer tasks by
depriving the would-be volunteers of their income through taxation, they are
destructive to the community spirit and charity.
Rafal
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