Text 28656, 52 rader
Skriven 2015-10-14 17:52:12 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 28654 av Ward Dossche (2:292/854)
Ärende: Scouting
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Hello Ward,

 LL>> The cost of paying for summer camp is trivial given the wages
 LL>> and salaries most Americans make.  Just do the math.  Say $15 an
 LL>> hour, 40 hours a week.  That is $600 before taxes.  How much was
 LL>> the cost of that summer camp program again?  A very small price
 LL>> in comparison.

 WD> Several of those troops require the boys to earn the money themselves
 WD> throughout the year with odds and ends.

That is stupid.  Parents should never force their children
to work for something that should be freely given.  And no
organization should encourage or compel children to do that,
either.  The same applies to the Girl Scouts, the idea of
children selling cookies to total strangers.

 WD> Some scoutmasters have told me they cannot get these kids to earn a $100
 WD> more. Their parents are already sucked dry with various other things.

That is a load of bull.  Most parents can easily afford to send
their kid to summer camp.  Those who complain the loudest are the
parents who have the most [expendable] income.  Poor people who
cannot afford to send their kid to summer camp, but sacrifice
everything to do so anyway, hardly if ever complain.  They just
do what they have to do, paying whatever the price happens to be.

No kid should ever have to beg (or "work") for money to pay for
summer camp.  It is the parents' responsibility.  Parents who shirk
their own duty and responsibility by forcing their own kid to "work"
in order to go to summer camp are sick.  Truly sick and disgusting
creatures of this planet.

Those scoutmasters who ask parents to get their kids to "work"
in order to pay for summer camp are just as sick as the parents
themselves.  Maybe even more so, depending on POV.

To make things fair, the BSA should enact a new rule -

Wealthy parents should subsidize the cost of summer camp for poor
parents, so that all children have the opportunities that scouting
brings.

No kid would ever have to work or sell goods/services to attend
summer camp.  That should be forbidden forever.  If the Girl Scouts
want to raise funds by selling cookies, those cookies can be sold
online.  By adults.

--Lee

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