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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Re: Space Shuttle Children's Fund
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Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 08:55:32 EST
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>>>>
>>>>	A trust fund has been established by the American Security
>>>>	Bank in Washington DC.  The funds gathered are to be used
>>>>	to provide financial assistance to the children of the 7
>>>>	astronauts killed in the explosion of the space shuttle.
>>>
>>>Is the Social Budget of USA so poor that American people must create a fund
>>>for the astronauts' children? 
>>>
>>
>>United States we like to take care of our own.
> 
>    Don't blame him, it is probably difficult to live in a country that 
>    sits on the sidelines and watches while we explore space.  After all,
>    they think it is pretty neat that they have a booster that can but
>    a satellite into orbit.

More to the point, don't blame him: he lives in a country (France)
where the ASSUMPTION is that bereaved children will be taken care of
from public funds, and there's no need to start a special collection.