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To: TobagoJack who wrote (46480)	2/16/2009 9:18:19 PM
From: TobagoJack	1 Recommendation Respond to of 217644

more forced loans Kansas Suspends Tax Refunds to Help Meet Payroll, Globe Says By Adam L. Cataldo Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kansas has suspended income tax refunds for its residents, the state's budget director said according to a story on the Boston Globe's Web site. Budget director Duane Goossen said without the money he isn't sure the state can meet its payroll on Feb. 20.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (46480)	2/18/2009 6:25:39 PM
From: Maurice Winn	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 217644

I moved US$ out of California to ASB Bank in Auckland [a couple of months ago] so that it is fewer clicks and delays away from possession and conversion to 3D wealth [be it land, shares, silver or gold]. <Got guests from California staying here for a few days. They won't get their State Tax refunds until further notice. A forced loan by any other name. And as the guy replied when I told him about the Assignat follies... "...and a zero percent loan, too." > Over many decades and by reading history, I have learned it is normal for governments and their supporters to rob those who have got stuff when things go feral. They do it in good times too, so they will not be the slightest hesitant to really put the boot in when things are tough. It was a good idea for French aristocracy to move to England BEFORE the tumbrils rolled. I have an ancestor who had the good sense to leave Tours and go to Angmering [England] angmeringvillage.co.uk centuries ago. Pol Pot showed the extremes to which envy and greed can run [in the interests of the overall collectivist good of course]. The Russian revolution was for the good of the people [purportedly]. Chairman Mao's maelstrom was to have a Gung Ho society of egalitarian bliss [admittedly with him being anything but egalitarian in his personal lifestyle]. Robert Mugabe has created a similar socialist paradise [with him not experiencing penury himself of course]. Californian IOUs seem to be akin to those French currency units you have gone on about for years. I would prefer NOT to have a collection of them. Mqurice