At 09:43 AM 1/17/03 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > That's the point of the three branch government. > Except that it seems that the USA [and Brazil, too] might become a four branch g*vernment. The "monetary" part of the g*vernment is almost a separate power.
Some cynics might put it differently: that the "money" part "is" the government, and the executive, legislative, and judicial branches are all just the appendages it uses to carry out its desires . . .
"Yes, Sir! Yes, Sir! Three Bags Full!"
(Money or (organic) fertilizer?)
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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