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<p>REMT:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>“The "scrip" obligation is a true zeh nehene v'zeh lo
chaseir: the parent is obligated to purchase a certain amount of scrip
(actually, supermarket gift certificates) which can be used at full face value;
the school purchases them at a 5% discount. Some parents prefer to pay
the school its 5% profit rather than purchase the scrip. “<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I don’t want to comment on the rest of the post, some of which I agree
with and some of which I don’t, but this bears further examination. You
say that zeh nehene v’zeh lo chaseir. If I’m interpreting you
correctly, you think that essentially, the store is giving the school a
charitable donation (which no doubt they are taking a deduction for). The parents
are paying for what they would have paid for anyway, and the reason why it’s
good for the school is that the stores, out of the goodness of their hearts,
are giving the school a 5% discount on the certificates.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>However, this only works if the parents are actually planning on shopping at
the stores regardless. Maybe the parents had no interest in shopping at those
stores, and now they’re essentially being forced to do so. Why would they
not want to shop there? Hypothetically speaking, maybe their prices are on
average 10% higher than the large supermarkets that don’t accepts the
scrips. If that’s the case, then the stores’ motivations make a lot
of sense. They win, the school wins, and the parents lose out.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Of course, the parents can just decide to pay the school the 5% profit, and
some no doubt do this not out of the goodness of their hearts, because they
say, “why should we and the school both profit (zeh nehene v’zeh lo
chaseir), I want only the school to profit”, but because it isn’t
worth it to them economically. In effect what you’ve done is set another
economic obligation on them, and I don’t see why this should be in any
way separate from the tuition burden.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Stuart<o:p></o:p></p>
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