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Originally Posted by MyPemCharlie
This is merely semantics and probably not worth arguing over. But the way you have worded this would make a lot of Americans disagree with you.
When you use USA as a noun, as in "The USA pays fees...", most of us interpret USA as "the country", i.e. the USA government pays. Government of course gets the money from every taxpayer. The government does not give our tax money to dog organizations. Although we could argue that that would be a better use of funds than many of the government programs that the USA does in fact fund. LOL
When you use USA as an adjective, as in "The USA Dog Agility Group pays fees to an International Agility Group.", you get pretty much no argument. That then, does affiliate the USA Dog Agility Group to the USA (not the other way around).
It is common sense, but the way you have worded your comments, most Americans would argue with you. Just the way we interpret the usage of "USA".
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Chris is right, which is what I keep saying, the USA as a whole does not pay these fees. I doubt the US goverment pays fees to any international canine orginization.
Again, I'd really like to see some sources on this. Some kind of proof other than your word.
The US government is different than what you have in NZ or any other place in the world. "We the people" have a say in where our government spends our money. And what laws they pass.
Now, there may be a few (and I do mean few) kennel clubs or associations who do pay to be a part of the international canine orginizations but it is NOT the AKC nor is it the US as a country.
Peggy