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Thanks Pepper. Happy new year!

Great to read your postings Bruce, so glad you are out and I’d love to hear you write of your electronics history at the Int Base, and of others there.

I was on the PAC RPF from Nov 2000 til March 2003, and the PAC RPF has the routine of going and using the local USC and UCLA free hospital stuff for the RPF members down pat.

You go in groups from the PAC RPF, a couple times a week, a group of RPFers go get their medical issues dealt with for free.

Since we in the Sea Org and especially the RPF make less than poverty income (on the tax reading I did, we fell into the “Religious Worker” category, which is sub poverty, and for voluntary members of religious fellowship type of “jobs”, all their “pay” is allowances categorized, and if low enough, then you are sub poverty, and then in California you can easily apply, and we did, and got our individual free medical that way).

I got several medical procedures while in the Sea Org and watched as many got free operations, while both in the Sea Org and on the RPF.

LA Sea Org members and RPF members, just have to go apply, they all qualify, due to our sub poverty level weekly allowances we received.

And of course, this is “out exchange” since Scientology Sea Org Reserves gets the profit of the church of Scientology, minus paying for the members’ medical.

I think honestly, were this inspected more carefully, possibly California might just disallow these RPF members and the Sea Org members in LA who do use the California system current allowances.

In any event, it is “out exchange” in Hubbard’s terms, but I no longer personally give any credence to anything L. Ron Hubbard wrote, none of his policy or ideas stand up due to him contradicting his principles constantly in his other writings, he’s at best a mediocre pulp fiction writer who was prolifically creative for the mediocre stories he came up with.

Bruce, you should just for history purposes, get together with some other ex Int Base staffers who could interview you about your knowledge of electronics behind the scene adventures and engineering feats you witnessed and participated in during your years at the Int Base!

McCarran, know that you and all others buffeted by the cold winds of disconnection are always in our thoughts.

Me too, Michael (MJ).

The “Swanee” song still stands out in my mind. The “Preying Mantis” reply too. I remember thinking: Where does this guy get this from?

Thanks for all the laughs over the year. You’re what I call a joyful spirit.

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Happy New Year to Mr Rinder and his family, and to everyone (and yours) here.

I have enjoyed your discourse over the year and am looking forward to what 2015 brings us.

Many blessings, success and happiness for 2015 and beyond.

You can only be held responsible for past taxes if you didn’t pay what you owed in the first place. The SO members make so little that they don’t go over what is called the filing requirement, so they would only file if they had any withholding or for the Earned Income Tax Credit, which covers single adults over 26, for a little bit of a tax refund. If you don’t file because you didn’t make enough, the only penalty is that you can’t do so beyond the last 3 tax years.