[BC] SBE policies

[Rich Wood]

------ At 12:39 AM 5/19/2005, Mario Hieb, P.E. wrote: -------

>When you donate goods or services to an entity, you are subsidizing it. 
>SBE NFL GDC is a system whereby engineers volunteer their time to 
>"for-profit" entities and thereby subsidize them. Show me another 
>recognized professional organization, (doctors, attorneys, etc) that 
>donates its time to the NFL and I will be silent on this issue forever.

I'm sure the NFL is giving each volunteer a skybox and season tickets (I'm 
assuming we're talking about the football organization). It's very 
expensive to make those films. I know I've been seriously considering 
taking up a collection for a Care package for George Steinbrenner to help 
out the Yankees. Maybe a Happy Meal, a few clothes and a box of the gentle 
style Kleenex. I'm also going to get some neighborhood folks to help 
Bechtel fix the falling tiles in the Boston "Big Dig" tunnels. I found a 
large supply of Super Glue that I might donate. I think it's unfair to 
penalize a poor little company just because they're hugely over budget and 
couldn't afford top of the line designers and contractors. Everyone makes 
mistakes. I'm going to send a few extra dollars to BP/Shell to help them 
keep going during these harsh times. I realize I'm already doing that at 
the gas pump but a little extra humanitarian effort will be rewarded. I 
can't locate the Bible passages that command it, but I'll continue to 
search the 13 Bibles on my PDA to find something that'll fit.

I think subsidizing profit-making corporations is a grand American 
tradition. If the government can do it, I think it's only patriotic that 
individual citizens should do their fair share, over and above their tax 
contributions. It ripples through the economy. It might just help a golf 
course somewhere pay for watering the greens.

Being unwilling to step in and help is very selfish.

Rich

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