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<DIV>Somehow, I find that the equivalent in the US would be:</DIV>
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<DIV>greenBubble made a tax-exempt donation to a charity, but felt that the
government should not lose tax revenue, so he made a voluntary donation equal to
the taxes he would have paid, to reduce the national debt.</DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, would Rabbi Y.M. Kagan be distantly related to the new
Democratic congress representative from the 8th district of Wisconsin? (Name is
Steven Kagan, I volunteered with his brother Chuck on the McGovern campaign in
1972).</DIV>
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<DIV>Siarlys</DIV>
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<DIV>On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 17:41:12 -0500 "Discussion of the Good, Clean Funnies
List" <<A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>>
writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=189413522-13112007><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial
size=2>There is a story told about Rabbi Y.M. Kagan (d. 1933), one of the
leading rabbis of the pre-war generation, that goes like this. He was
hauled into court for disrespect to the Czar because someone noticed
torn stamps (with the Czar's picture) in his house.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=189413522-13112007><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2>He
explained that he had sent a letter via private messenger, and felt that the
government should not lose out. so he bought the correct amount of
stamps and tore them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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