Re: "Downturn, Deflation Haunt Japan, IMF Finds"

[Ed Weick]

> Cordell...
>
> One way to get rid of the underground economy and control counterfeiting
is
> to get rid of cash.  With all transactions going through one charge card
or
> the other it will be easy to track and easy to tax.  In the US now
> depositing large amounts of cash (I believe over 10, 000 dollars draws
> official notice).  As a side effect it will also make surveillance quite
> easy.
>

Crooks are so clever these days that they would probably find a way of
counterfeiting charge cards.  It would be a bit of a challenge, but they
could probably do it.  Maybe they already have?

Ed Weick