From: jim@specialix.com (Jim Maurer)
Subject: Re: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum: A Costly and Dangerous Mistake
Organization: Specialix Inc.
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arf@genesis.MCS.COM (Jack Schmidling) writes:

>In article <C5ut1s.3xA@bony1.bony.com> jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni) writes:
>>through private contributions on Federal land".  Your hate-mongering
>>article is devoid of current and historical fact, intellectual content
>>and social value.  Down the toilet it goes.....
>>

>And we all know what an unbiased source the NYT is when it comes to things
>concerning Israel.

>Neither the Times nor the trained seals who have responded thus far seem to
>recognize the statement that these "private funds" were all tax exmpt.  In
>otherwords, American taxpayers put up at least 30% of the money.  And
>finalyy, how does "Federal land" mitigate the offensiveness of this alien
>monument dedicated to perpetuating pitty and the continual flow of tax money
>to a foreign entity?

>That "Federal land" and tax money could have been used to commerate
>Americans or better yet, to house homeless Americans.

The donations are tax deductible like any donations to a non-profit
organization.  I've donated money to a group restoring streetcars
and it was tax deductible.  Why don't you contribute to a group
helping the homeless if you so concerned?
