"dpb" wrote in message ...
On 4/24/2011 5:06 PM, Ed Huntress wrote:
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On Apr 24, 1:32 pm, "Ed wrote:

Somebody has to pay for it, Bob. Who do you think that should be, the
users
or the taxpayers?

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Ed Huntress

Is there a difference?

Dan

The "users" are the tradesmen who use it in their work. The taxpayers are
the rest of us.

Tradesmen don't pay taxes???? News to me.

Amplifying on the other respondent's observation I'd carry it even
further--

If you live in or anybody you do business with or whose products you use
are located in a jurisdiction which uses NEC as a basis for local code
you're a user.

In the US, there's virtually nowhere that doesn't use NEC as a basis for
local code but it is not, afaik, formally legislated to be legislative
requirement anywhere.

It's pervasive but doesn't actually have an legal standing as law, only as
a basis for Code.

So who else shall we subsidize with general tax money? If you read, I write.
You can subsidize me, if you're in that mode of thinking.

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Ed Huntress