Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The problem is the taxes....no one should "need" "someone" to "do" their taxes......get rid of the IRS, the blood suckers, the CPAs, etc.... Get rid of 80% of the programs the taxes fund....but I digress Walt On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 15:12:27 -0500 Peterson_Art@hq.navsea.navy.mil wrote: > > No, I must say I don't think it would be rude. If you can't afford to > pay the guy to do your taxes, then you can't afford it; and yet if you > still need to have someone do your taxes, then you still need it. And > so, you'd have to ask him (or somebody) for help, and to do that would > not necessarily mean you denigrate his value or worth as a bookkeeper. > Those who need but can't afford may ask, and those asked may accept or > decline the request. And that seems the same to me for bookkeepers or > any other workers, including photographers. (Where would charities be > if it were not for their "begging" for people's assistance?) > > Art Peterson > > > ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________ > Subject: Re[2]: [Leica] Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 11:36:59 -0500 > Author: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us at Internet > Date: 2/22/99 9:53 AM > > > At 09:24 AM 2/22/99 -0500, you wrote: > >And if, as Eric suggested, the NGO also "can't afford not to pay > > for it," then one can sympathize with the NGO facing that dilemma, no? > > No. They should not be begging a professional photographer for freebies any > more than I should be begging United Airlines to send me to Africa but do > it for free because I can't afford it. Especially when the person asking is > being paid for their time. This is exactly what is wrong with the > publishing industry these days. The attitude that photos are not worth that > much is rampant. Photographers have to stop it now, or we won't be able to > make a living at it in the future. > > There are times when it is appropriate to donate time and expenses to a > cause one believes in. But to approach someone who makes a living at it, > and ask for free pictures simply because they can't afford it is > inappropriate. But we have to be polite and explain it because people need > to be educated, not flogged. > > For example, I have a friend who is a bookkeeper. He does the books for my > employer - hundreds of millions of dollars a year for all their properties. > > Wouldn't it be rude for me to ask him to do my taxes for free, because I > can't afford it? > > Eric Welch > St. Joseph, MO > http://www.ponyexpress.net/~ewelch > > "People are inexterminable - like flies & bed-bugs. There will always be > some that survive in cracks and crevices - that's us." - > Robert Frost >