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Just to be honest, since you post here, and are so inquisitive, about others personal information, why not post yours? You don't have to offer a dime to this site, why would you demand such information?

Why should you care? What business of it is your if Mr. Robinson is flying a lear or starving in a cardboard box?

Gee, I dunno, whose business is it whether Ken Lay flys a Lear Jet or Bernie Ebbers pilots a 100' Hatteras Yacht?

If you're gonna be in the business of begging for other people's money, it seems to me that you owe them an explanation of how you spend it. It's what we prudish old neanderthal types call accountability.

Otherwise, ditch the not-for-profit pretense altogether, and charge $49.99 a year for subscriptions. Then it really will be JimRob's money, and he can do with it whatever the hell he pleases.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but four quarterly $75,000 fundraisers gives a budget of $300,000 a year. If you figure $10,000 a month for about 15Mbps from the local telco, that's about $120,000 a year for bandwidth. Throw in, say, $30,000 a year for hardware and miscellaneous overhead, and that leaves Jim & John Rob with $150,000 in pocket change. Not bad for a non-profit.

Just be honest about it:

Hi, my name is Jim Robinson, and last year I paid myself a salary of $75,000. This money came from donations to the FreeRepublic LLC.
Hi, my name is John Robinson, and my Dad pays me a salary of $75,000. This money comes from donations to the FreeRepublic LLC.

If you're gonna be in the business of begging for other people's money, it seems to me that you owe them an explanation of how you spend it. It's what we prudish old neanderthal types call accountability.

No problem..

Simply refuse to contribute. OH! But you can't!

Somehow the internet sucks your money and forces open your wallet!

(Do you send money to the moonies also?)

If you're gonna be in the business of begging for other people's money, it seems to me that you owe them an explanation of how you spend it. It's what we prudish old neanderthal types call accountability.

It what the rest of us call being a busybody.

I detect a note of jealousy and envy in your posts.

Truly liberal traits.

and that leaves Jim & John Rob with $150,000 in pocket change. Not bad for a non-profit.

Did you miss the point of this thread? We're all saying that we DO NOT CARE how much they make over and above what it cost to run this place.

That evidently is what is bothering you. Don't pay. Somebody else will pay enough so you can have a free ride.

BTW, FR is not a non-profit.

"Dear 'Slick,'" ......Having BEEN in the "Real World" for 20+ yrs, I suspect that your "Overhead Estimate" is about 100% off!!

Currently, NO "Private Business" in America pays much less than 50% of it's income to "The Government!!"

We are 90% "Socialist" as we speak!!

JimRob gets a MERE Fraction of the FR Donations!! WAKE UP!!

Doc

Let me put it this way, as a long-time industry professional.

Given the "numbers" that FR gets, if the best these guys (Jim and John) can get if they're in it for the dough is $75K apiece, then they're abyssmal excuses for businessmen. I could turn these numbers into far more of an income than that. However, I don't have a Web site with these numbers, and neither do you. They do. They built it. Trust me when I tell you............they're either A)not in it for the money, or B) total, blithering morons.

For the record, I don't think they're total, blithering morons.

Like I said slick, you don't have to give a dime to this site, so why would you care what Jim makes or doesn't make? No one has a gun to your head demanding money from you, unlike our government does.

Who gives a damn?

Do like Joe does, enjoy the site, and give a few bucks if you want to. It aint no big deal. Keep it simple...