[Groop] Groop Digest, Vol 121, Issue 9

[Robbie Noordzy]

Seriously Gary, which is more important??? To hell with US trade relations
(pardon the language) - just attend Comic Con & tell them you were carried
off by pirates to which they'll reply "what pirates?"...
Lurker Robbie (Australia)


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Today's Topics:

   1.  A Swiss Timing Problem (Gary Grossmann)
   2. Re:  A Swiss Timing Problem (Chris Schechner)


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Message: 1
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:57:27 -0700
From: Gary Grossmann <garyg5678 at live.com>
To: "groop at groo.com" <groop at groo.com>
Subject: [Groop] A Swiss Timing Problem
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Hi Folks!
 
First off, as Tone suspected, I do know about, and I have, a 1985 Heroes Con
Groo-Cerebus T-shirt.  Wow!  A nice looking coming up after 28 years.
That's pretty cool.  
 
But here is the main reason for this post:  As many of you know I work for
the Washington State Department of Revenue.  I am essentially a high ranking
peon who has certain areas of expertise in Washington tax law (even though I
am neither a lawyer or an accountant.)  One of my areas is tax preferences
for aerospace, which is a big deal in Washington because of Boeing's
presence here.  [WAKE UP! I'll get to the point here in a minute!]
 
In the world of big planes, it's pretty much Boeing vs. Airbus and the
United States vs. the European Union.  The US filed a complaint against the
EU with the World Trade Organization , claiming illegal subsidies to Airbus.
The EU then filed a complaint against the US claiming illegal subsidies to
Boeing, which included the tax prefetences on which I am the (alleged)
expert.  So I have spent a slice of my time over the past 6 years helping
the US Trade Relation folks prepare their case.  
 
But now they want me to go to Geneva, Switzerland with them for the next
round of hearings.  Sounds pretty cool, right?  Well, it's not.  It's
actually quite a grind, first to get there, and then you spend 3 days in
meetings and hearings and apparently these folks never stop talking shop and
planning strategies.  
 
BUT THE WORST PART IS I'D MISS THE SECOND HALF OF COMIC CON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Oh, the pain.  What is an obsessive Sergio-Groo Fan to do?   Surely there is
a Groo-ish solution to this problem.  I am open to suggestions.  
 
Despondantly yours,
 
Gary G.  
 
 
 
  		 	   		  
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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:21:11 -0500
From: Chris Schechner <cschechner at sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [Groop] A Swiss Timing Problem
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Cloning?

Chris Schechner
http://www.cschechner.com
http://insightthroughhindsight.typepad.com





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