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From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: tax money usage
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Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 22:25:54 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 22:25:54 1984
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> How can anyone not complain about increased taxes?

If they do some good.  Hmmm, OK, I see your point.

>...Why just the other day
> a fisherman was apprehended in Yellowstone park for using live bait. The 
> man was prosecuted at a cost to taxpayers of a 1000 bucks for no more than a 
> small fine. What kind of dangerous bait was he using? A worm. Now really.

Robert has conveniently omitted the relevant details of the story, such as
the hassles the guy caused for the people who enforce this rule.  If you
want to know who's REALLY wasting money, note that the guy had the option
of paying his fine for disobeying rules that he's bound (by his license) to
follow.  Instead, HE chose to make an expensive court case out of it.  The
last I saw, he'd said that he'd "take it to the Supreme Court if necessary"
(typical idiot's response to not understanding our laws, let alone our
judicial system).  Suppose he could do that--how much is THAT gonna cost
us?  In this case, HE'S soaking tax money so that he can do his bitching.

Gee, I suppose that if it's ok to use anything for bait, it's also OK to
fish anywhere you want.  I bet stocking ponds make great fishing!

If you don't understand WHY there are regulations regarding the bait you
use when sport fishing, that doesn't mean that they don't make sense.  In
other words, don't be so damned eager to pull a Proxmire.
-- 
Dick Dunn	{hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd		(303)444-5710 x3086
   ...Relax...don't worry...have a homebrew.