Tax Benefits: Thank you, tax payers.
Nov. 15th, 2004 08:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ambitious_wenchAs many of you know, I'm in the process of writing a book on the first case of a woman's religious liberty being defended in New England, and possibly the Western world. One of the great benefits of living in America is the fact that there are tax-supported resources to assist me in this endevor. In fact, I would not have known of Jane Verin if it weren't for the incredible knowledge and willingness to share it that I found in John McNiff. He's a ranger at the Roger Williams Memoral Park. Admission is free. I don't have to pay to go to talk with McNiff. I've spent at least 24 hours total talking to him about this case. He was the first one to bring it up.
He's pointed me to other resources, as well. The Winthrop Society is a private, not-for-profit organization. It's tax exemption allows the members to fund it themselves, through dues. A tax break is a good thing, when it funds organizations like this.
Of course, McNiff's recommended many books. Some of which I've purchased there in the memorial, and some I've managed to get through my local public library. Dunno about that, though, I can only seem to get volume 1 of the Correspondences of Roger Williams, not both of them. *sigh* Funding must be slipping away.
While I was at the park talking to McNiff, a group of home-schooled children came in with their mothers. It was a thing of beauty to see McNiff telling those children about what it meant to leave England behind and come to a wild land.
All of these are precious to me. And I am glad that I pay taxes toward them.
He's pointed me to other resources, as well. The Winthrop Society is a private, not-for-profit organization. It's tax exemption allows the members to fund it themselves, through dues. A tax break is a good thing, when it funds organizations like this.
Of course, McNiff's recommended many books. Some of which I've purchased there in the memorial, and some I've managed to get through my local public library. Dunno about that, though, I can only seem to get volume 1 of the Correspondences of Roger Williams, not both of them. *sigh* Funding must be slipping away.
While I was at the park talking to McNiff, a group of home-schooled children came in with their mothers. It was a thing of beauty to see McNiff telling those children about what it meant to leave England behind and come to a wild land.
All of these are precious to me. And I am glad that I pay taxes toward them.