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Old 11-03-2013, 09:37 AM
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Disagreement with a policy does not obligate a person to financially make up for the result of that policy. If I oppose the cut in the military budget that has resulted from sequestration, I am not therefore obligated to send a check to the Pentagon even though my taxes are lower as a result of that cut and thus I have benefitted from that policy. Nor if I opposed the cut in SNAP am I obligated to send a check to the Agriculture department. I couldn't legally withhold part of my check to the IRS during the Vietnam war. I can't now do it if I oppose the ACA. Avogadro, don't badger the witness may be applicable phrase.

POA member as I want someone representing me as a counter balance to those in power. I may have a blind spot but I don't see the POA as anti-Morse, I see it as pro-Villager. Where the interest of the developer and the Villager are in alignment the POA is actively supportive. In those rare situations where interests seem to conflict the POA will try to represent the Villager's best interest.
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