Originally Posted by MaggieL

Sorry to hear that. Since they were presumambly voting citizens at the time (as neither you nor I were), perhaps they should have protested the expenditure at the time if they opposed it. While you're asking them if they beleive they are owed a fraction of a cent, you should ask them why they didn't...you may find the answer enlightening.

Or not.
That's so contradictory as to be comical.

I "should have the conviction of my principles" to pay for you transport of money to you that you believe I owe you to your mom? Perhaps you have forgotten what the principles are.

The penny is here, not far (on a transcontinental scale) from the bridge itself. Molon labe.