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To: KyrosL who wrote (79759)	9/17/2011 12:27:13 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218920

Kyros, you are not getting it. The key point is a TC would be a private property right. That means the owner [the citizen] could sell it for a profit: <Australia's investor immigrant visas, which come close to purchasable citizenships. Demand and price are nowhere close to your numbers. > Of course the price of something you can't sell is lower than if you can sell it. What do you think the price of gold would be if you could buy it, but the seller retained ownership of it? You were not allowed to sell it, ever. It wouldn't really be worth much would it? You could make it into a necklace, or make it into a door knob. You could make it into an ornament for your car. You could look at it each morning. If you didn't want it any more, all you could do was give it back. And they might take it back any time anyway. What would you pay for gold in that case? Not much eh? I don't understand why it's so hard to understand. I can see why people might disagree [more government paperwork for a start, lack of trust in future governments]. But disagreeing is different from not understanding the idea. I have no interest at all, not in the slightest, in a Greek "Investor immigrant visa". I wouldn't invest $1000. But I might buy a citizenship for $100,000 [if I thought they were not just running a stupid scam - sell a bunch then cancel them, which is what retarded monkeys would try]. Hmmm, considering that would give rights to Europe, that might be a pretty good deal. A whole bunch of citizenships for the price of one. Socialism is so stupid. Mqurice