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Stephen Downes

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I've always been amused by the idea of 'running government like a business'. It's nice to fly 'business class'. I've also always thought my personal taxes should be like business taxes, where I'm taxed only on the profit I made each year, not gross revenues. Now we have an argument that school staff should look after school finances as if it were their own money. And I think: no. They do not want us to do that. I spend money carelessly, often on vanity projects, and am usually in debt. I spent most of my money this pay period on cats. And this is probably true of most people, who treat money as nothing more than a tool, and not some Higher Purpose.

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