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To: long-gone who wrote (59034)	9/28/2000 2:40:39 AM
From: The Vet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116762

<<Alex, could you please (anyone) explain to me what benefit Australian shareholders/taxpayers (and $A) have derived from selling their Gold few years back? Perhaps they needed sale to finance Exuberantly Expensive Sydney Olympics? :)> I've heard some say it is related to socialized healthcare costs >> If only it were that simple - everytime they need more money for health they just add a couple of percent extra onto the compulsory "medicare levy" - just a straight forward extra increase in income tax....