[e-gold-list] Re: Thanks to Ragnar/Planetgold and Stefan/TGC

2002-08-10 Thread David Hillary
what is wrong with a local government rating based on a proxy for water outflow (e.g. area) to cover the costs of, for argument's sake, a scheme to drain land, including your own? Ideally taxes should be proximate to the benefits derived from the services provided, and under New Zealand law (don't

[e-gold-list] Re: Thanks to Ragnar/Planetgold and Stefan/TGC

2002-08-10 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
Patrick wrote: >>Eventually, federal laws will govern even the tomatoes grown in your own >>back yard. You will pay an imputed value tax on them. Eventually, >>states will take over the water supply and socialize it, imposing >>watering bans to avoid "shortages". Oh wait, that's already happ

[e-gold-list] Re: Thanks to Ragnar/Planetgold and Stefan/TGC

2002-08-10 Thread Ian Green
At 10:49 AM 9/08/2002 -0400, Patrick Chkoreff wrote: >Eventually, federal laws will govern even the tomatoes grown in your own >back yard. You will pay an imputed value tax on them. Eventually, states >will take over the water supply and socialize it, imposing watering bans >to avoid "shortag

[e-gold-list] Re: Thanks to Ragnar/Planetgold and Stefan/TGC

2002-08-09 Thread Patrick Chkoreff
At 03:55 PM 8/9/2002 +0200, Kamil Kukura wrote: >Well, if I would build online casino and started it here in Czech >Republic, it would be stopped by force of state. It could have been legal >only if I would get license from the state which is likely to happen only >with A LOT of money for gover

[e-gold-list] Re: Thanks to Ragnar/Planetgold and Stefan/TGC

2002-08-09 Thread Kamil Kukura
> Gaming industry, > just like the gold currency industry, does NOT need 'offshore entities, > masks and attorneys' > Well, if I would build online casino and started it here in Czech Republic, it would be stopped by force of state. It could have been legal only if I would get license from th