Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 25 Mar 2026 18:37:36 GMT Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <10ojmjv$2ashr$1@dont-email.me> <8a7r8mxvjt.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10per0k$2ghs$5@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvosb$1kugs$1@dont-email.me> <10q0hf5$1saa3$6@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net ueLrurBAI4sRXNu8aP9YsAXCDEofirnZI844D7pIMTDp3nWBEp Cancel-Lock: sha1:rebgorT6KvIxYmexbCnn4KuHcGw= sha256:lC+EdVMwJVGmGgsGtJD+QmmbXyLq4DL/Wi1sclYrzLc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84003 alt.usage.english:1140842 On Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:55:56 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote: > (Here both are gratis, though. Except the very classist, which are > proudly expensive) TANSTAAFL. My property tax includes a levy for the schools. An issue can be put on the ballot every six months, so every six months the schools attempt to get a mill levy approved. It fails so in six months they try again. Levies for parks, the library, and so forth pass but people have wised up that giving more money to the schools means more administrators, not anything benefiting the kids.