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To: Joe Brower

Being forced to give up tangible material goods for worthless paper is simply confiscation by another name.

But the paper wasn’t worthless. I grant that it was shortly devalued by about half.

55 posted on 08/30/2011 3:16:17 PM PDT by Atlas Sneezed (Are you better off now than you were four trillion dollars ago?)

To: Beelzebubba

"I grant that it was shortly devalued by about half."

Such a deal. Sounds like something Don Corleone would consider a 'fair offer'.

60 posted on 08/30/2011 6:00:52 PM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)

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