Issue No 36 | 22 October 1999 | |
Letters to the EditorGuilty! I Agree with Howard
Here's what Howard said: "You can't expect those who have never been to university and whose children have no aspiration or no capacity to go to a university, to feel happy about paying ever higher taxes in order to finance the aspirations of those who do." Well , I am sad to say that ; As one who has on ocassions meandered through these hallowed halls of learning. I might add on several Continents . And , as one who has mingled with both the elite , and those asiprants , who are more intellectually challenged by the educational benchmarks. I find myself reluctantly agreeing with Mr Howard. I object to paying higher taxes for this purpose. Tom Collins
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