On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 2:25 AM, Sturla Molden <sturla.mol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Charles R Harris <charlesr.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > The cash economy is nothing to sniff at ;) It is big in NYC and other > > places with high taxes and bureaucratic meddling. Cash was one of the > great > > inventions. > > Yeah, there is a Sicilian New Yorker called "Gambino" who has been > advertising "protection from ISIS" in European newspapers lately. From what > I read his father was big at selling protection for cash, and now he is > taking up his father's business and selling protection from ISIS. To prove > his value, he claimed ISIS is so afraid of his organisation that Sicily is > a place they never dare visit. Presumably Gambino's business model depends > on a cash based economy, or at least it did. > That's interesting, sounds like "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" come to life ;) Chuck
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