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Phil_K
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| MotherF wrote: |
| Last year Gabino Cu� brought the ice-rink idea to Oaxaca. While I'm mostly inclinded to agree with those who think there are more important things to spend the money on, I also got to see the delight of those who had never in their lives seen such a thing outside of a TV screen. And now I say, No matter how often you fix the roads the potholes always come back, but you will never take those memories away from those kids--they got a taste of something different, and it awoke a hunger for more. It showed them that the impossible is not always so impossible, and with a little work, they can make dreams come true. |
I'm answering late to this one, I know, but in a balanced society it is necessary to spend both on essentials AND on fripperies. I heard this so much even in the relatively prosperous UK. There are two kinds of remuneration for the efforts of our chaotic lives, the monetary, which looks after the essentials, and the emotional, which is what the fripperies give us.
Apart from that, the constant clamour for ever more money to be spent on health, education, etc is usually misplaced. It is usually a case of the necessity of less money being wasted and more efficiency in the existing services being sought; a concept beyond the intellect of most politicians. |
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MotherF
Joined: 07 Jun 2010
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Location: 17�48'N 97�46'W
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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my apologies MotherF.
With that said, would you like to add anything relevant to my question? |
Start a thread on Queretaro--that way the right people will see it.
And don't forget to pack a sweater and a light jacket. It'll be cool there until next March. |
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chromium
Joined: 06 Jun 2007
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Location: Dalian, China
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:19 pm Post subject: |
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I shall do both. Thank you for the advice  |
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