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From: Jim Thompson on 14 Aug 2007 10:41 On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:41:52 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >James Arthur wrote: >> >> I do notice that people in general have two and three of things we >> could barely afford one of 20 years ago (TVs, cars, music systems), >> are eating out, and see no evidence of bread lines, or people eating >> less meat because it's too dear (as we once did). > > > Then you haven't been around any reasonably sized city. There are >food pantries, soup kitchen. and other non profit groups to help the >homeless, and others get enough food to stay alive. Most of these are >run by churches in that area. I know of at least three church run food >charities in my town, alone. There is another group called "Share" that >buys the basics in bulk, and if you are a member and in decent health, >you have to volunteer at their warehouse to break down the skids of food >into individual packages. Another group, "Veterans and family services" >is a non profit that helps Veterans and their families when they fall >through the cracks, and can't get help from the VA. I support that >group, being a disabled Veteran, myself. This will get the leftists weenies all in a twist and screw up their image of me... The ONLY charity that I give money to is the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance... food and shelter for the homeless, and a Catholic organization to boot ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
From: John Larkin on 14 Aug 2007 11:18 On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:41:57 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 03:41:52 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" ><mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >>James Arthur wrote: >>> >>> I do notice that people in general have two and three of things we >>> could barely afford one of 20 years ago (TVs, cars, music systems), >>> are eating out, and see no evidence of bread lines, or people eating >>> less meat because it's too dear (as we once did). >> >> >> Then you haven't been around any reasonably sized city. There are >>food pantries, soup kitchen. and other non profit groups to help the >>homeless, and others get enough food to stay alive. Most of these are >>run by churches in that area. I know of at least three church run food >>charities in my town, alone. There is another group called "Share" that >>buys the basics in bulk, and if you are a member and in decent health, >>you have to volunteer at their warehouse to break down the skids of food >>into individual packages. Another group, "Veterans and family services" >>is a non profit that helps Veterans and their families when they fall >>through the cracks, and can't get help from the VA. I support that >>group, being a disabled Veteran, myself. > >This will get the leftists weenies all in a twist and screw up their >image of me... > >The ONLY charity that I give money to is the St. Mary's Food Bank >Alliance... food and shelter for the homeless, and a Catholic >organization to boot ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson We give about $20K a year to various charities, mostly foreign, like Doctors Without Borders and some organizations that run schools for girls in Africa. Locally, we support one of the few homeless organizations that gets actual results, the MS society, and a few minor local things. Catholic organizations do seem to be unusually efficient. I'm being bugged to endow a scholarship at Tulane's new science/engineering department, which would allow me to aim it at potential circuit designers! John
From: Jim Thompson on 14 Aug 2007 11:45 On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:18:18 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:41:57 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > [snip] >> >>This will get the leftists weenies all in a twist and screw up their >>image of me... >> >>The ONLY charity that I give money to is the St. Mary's Food Bank >>Alliance... food and shelter for the homeless, and a Catholic >>organization to boot ;-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >We give about $20K a year to various charities, mostly foreign, like >Doctors Without Borders and some organizations that run schools for >girls in Africa. Locally, we support one of the few homeless >organizations that gets actual results, the MS society, and a few >minor local things. > >Catholic organizations do seem to be unusually efficient. Isn't that amazing! They also seem to run hospitals rather well. > >I'm being bugged to endow a scholarship at Tulane's new >science/engineering department, which would allow me to aim it at >potential circuit designers! > >John I'm not at the endowment level, but I contribute to an MIT scholarship for a "married student in electrical engineering"... knowing full-well the economic struggles of such a student ;-) ...Jim Thompson -- | James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens | | Analog Innovations, Inc. | et | | Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus | | Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | | | E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat | | http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 | America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave
From: James Arthur on 14 Aug 2007 12:13 On Aug 13, 10:10 pm, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > James Arthur wrote: > > John Larkin wrote: > > > > Europe looks good, until you consider their demographic time bomb: > > > declining number of workers, increasing retirees, and unfunded > > > retirement comittments: > > > >http://www.iht.com/articles/1996/01/27/oc.t.php > > > I personally think that forcing young people to pay for other people's > > parents' retirements is immoral. > > Even now in many counties, parents have lots of kids to ensure they get taken > care of when they're old. Is that immoral ? > > Graham Certainly not. I think it's wonderful for kids to take care of their parents in old age, but note that this obligation is taken on willingly, out of love for one's parents. Compelling kids working today to pay for my retirement, by contrast, is another matter. Best, James Arthur
From: John Larkin on 14 Aug 2007 12:14
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:45:09 -0700, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 08:18:18 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:41:57 -0700, Jim Thompson >><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: >> >[snip] >>> >>>This will get the leftists weenies all in a twist and screw up their >>>image of me... >>> >>>The ONLY charity that I give money to is the St. Mary's Food Bank >>>Alliance... food and shelter for the homeless, and a Catholic >>>organization to boot ;-) >>> >>> ...Jim Thompson >> >>We give about $20K a year to various charities, mostly foreign, like >>Doctors Without Borders and some organizations that run schools for >>girls in Africa. Locally, we support one of the few homeless >>organizations that gets actual results, the MS society, and a few >>minor local things. >> >>Catholic organizations do seem to be unusually efficient. > >Isn't that amazing! They also seem to run hospitals rather well. > >> >>I'm being bugged to endow a scholarship at Tulane's new >>science/engineering department, which would allow me to aim it at >>potential circuit designers! >> >>John > >I'm not at the endowment level, but I contribute to an MIT scholarship >for a "married student in electrical engineering"... knowing full-well >the economic struggles of such a student ;-) > > ...Jim Thompson The minimum endowed scholarship takes $20K. 5% of that goes to a student, only $1K per year at first, and the rest is invested with any excess return dumped back into the fund. One can of course add more any time. The giver is allowed to make stipulations as to what sort of student he's prefer to get the bucks, but that's usually just a preference, not a hard rule. I might also wind up with summer interns and even employees some day, which would be worth it from a pure pragmatic view. John |