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Politics : Dutch Central Bank Sale Announcement Imminent?

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To: sea_urchin who wrote (19433)10/23/2003 7:01:23 PM
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Welcome to South Africa ..............

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>>>"Black people are not treated as humans, but as things by the U.S. government," he said in an interview at the Northern Neck Regional Jail. "We were used as resources to enrich this country, and we get no inheritance from the wealth we brought."

According to the Internal Revenue Service, more than 80,000 tax returns were filed in 2001 seeking nonexistent slavery tax credits, totaling $2.7 billion. More than $30 million was mistakenly paid out in slave reparations in 2000 and part of 2001.<<<

If the Iraqis can get $87 bn one can hardly blame the locals for believing they are entitled to $2.7 bn. But the amusing part is the $30m that was actually paid out.
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