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To: marcos who wrote (68924)	4/29/2008 4:49:38 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Suppose I buy an Aztec citizenship and move to Tijuana or similar delightful place, attracted by the climate, mangoes, innovative medical treatment, zebras, narcotics, and low cost servants. I could buy one from the government if they have any on auction at the time, or from somebody going back to the USA after trying Aztec life and finding it not so good after all, or from a family [estate/Trust] whose loved one has died and they wish to sell the citizenship.which they inherited. If the original holder is the returned American, it's of no consequence that they die. <let's say citizenship is tradeable, and you buy one - what happens when the original holder dies? ... you get the right to be buried beside him? > A sale of a citizenship would be for keeps. It wouldn't be Indian-giving where the original owner retains rights to the property. Maoris whose ancestors sold citizenships to New Zealand and subsequently saw the value created by the new owners zoom, now want to have the property back because they sold it too cheaply. The people who used to own the QCOM shares I bought, don't retain the rights to the assets. For all I know, those original owners have died. When citizenship means more than serfdom, people would take an active interest in the value of their country and there would be a measurable result from political decisions. Politicians would find themselves with more stringent demands than they currently get from pork barrel special interest groups. Voting would be to increase the value of citizenships, not reduce it. Bludgers would not be tolerated so well. Mqurice