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To: Venturer

” There is a point where you tax things enough where the black market comes into play “

The Ruling Class would do well to remember that, in the years leading up to the First American Revolution, Smuggling became an honorable profession...

IIRC, more than a few of our revered Founding Fathers dabbled in the smuggling trade.....


8 posted on 11/26/2010 4:20:36 AM PST by Uncle Ike (Rope is cheap, and there are lots of trees...)
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To: Uncle Ike

You mean like the Kennedys?


10 posted on 11/26/2010 4:23:39 AM PST by biggerten (Love you, Mom.)
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To: Uncle Ike
IIRC, more than a few of our revered Founding Fathers dabbled in the smuggling trade

Isn't that how the Kennedys got their start?

42 posted on 11/26/2010 6:34:06 AM PST by Graybeard58
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To: Uncle Ike
The Ruling Class would do well to remember that, in the years leading up to the First American Revolution, Smuggling became an honorable profession...

Isn't this how the Kennedy fortune began?

50 posted on 11/26/2010 7:09:18 AM PST by ThePatriotsFlag (You are just jealous because the voices aren't talking to YOU!)
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