From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 15:33:19 +0800
To: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
Subject: Shut 'er down
Message-ID: <2.2.32.19960102203509.006bed68@panix.com>
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At 03:06 PM 1/2/96 -0500, Brian Davis wrote:

>BTW our office collects more every year (from fines, foreclosures, 
>bankruptcies, affirmative civil cases, etc. etc.) than our total office 
>budget.  We make money -- so why am I unpaid this week!   :-)

The courts cost too though.  Also there's your share of general government
overhead.  You may cover variable direct costs but perhaps not indirect and
fixed costs.

I take it you are unpaid but working.  Couldn't we reverse the process and
pay you not to work?  Sort of like protection money.  It would be worth it I
think.

DCF

"Some of my best friends are public employees but I wouldn't want my sister
to marry one.  She needs someone with a steady income and future prospects."