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br> -- Rick Arand /p>

I just want to make a quick point on the use of the allusion to Robin Hood so often used by such Liberal Scrooges as outlined in this article.

This allusion has really been bothering me of late, in no small part because of the "Robin Hood Program" here in Texas that takes money from richer school districts and moves into the budgets of poorer ones.

It is technically true (according to legend) that Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. But it's important to remember that Robin of Loxley lived in the 11th century in England. A time when the rich were the Aristocracy, and thus the Government. Anytime one uses the government to take from one to give to another, it is not an action worthy of Robin Hood.

p>He was fighting the government. We should remember that instead. I'm sure that Mr. Schweizer was using this allusion in irony. br> -- Charles Campbell br> Austin, Texas /p> p> As a military officer I make significantly less than the Democrat politicians who want to appease terrorism, raise working American's taxes and punish successful American corporations, but I still give a heck of a lot more to charity than they ever do (I make their racist Presidential nominee look like the empty suit he is). Of course, I'm a lifelong Republican and a conservative, so I'm actually interested in doing good rather than spouting a lot of BS like greedy Democrats (the party of the rich) who want to steal from the workers and give to themselves and their special interest groups. br> -- Michael Tomlinson br> Jacksonville, North Carolina

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