From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (3) money services > businesses, such as money transfer companies and check cashers;
Perhaps some of you involved in the gold economy here in the US think this is no big deal. After all, the government is just trying to prevent money laundering, right? Surely these USA PATRIOT regulations are just good common-sense measures we should all adopt with good cheer, right? Maybe so, initially. But you are like a frog in a pot of water, and the water just keeps getting hotter. Go ahead and comply with good cheer, but you had better start planning your exit route out of America. Listen, from what I heard at the conference, most of you already perform more due diligence than a regulator would dream of. That's because you want nothing to do with criminal or fraudulent activity, and that is laudable. The problem comes when the government muscles in. Their motive is not to prevent crime and fraud, but simply to protect their power to collect and redistribute money. That is why they harrass the harmless more than the dangerous. Again, please take a few moments to locate your nearest exit. -- Patrick "Socialism, like the ancient ideas from which it springs, confuses the distinction between government and society. As a result of this, every time we object to a thing being done by government, the socialists conclude that we object to its being done at all." -- Frederic Bastiat --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
