XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.books   
   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 18/08/13 6:19 PM, Rod Speed wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Your Name"  wrote in message   
   > news:YourName-1808131542240001@203-118-187-125.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz...   
   >> In article , tmcd@panix.com wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article   
   >>> ,   
   >>> Your Name  wrote:   
   >>> >The greedy Government makes more than everyone else combined.  :-(   
   >>> >   
   >>> >If you work it out, the Government basically gets all the money,   
   >>> >eventually.   
   >>>   
   >>> And then ... the government eats it?  No, they spend it, on goods,   
   >>> salaries, transfer payments, whatever.  You're being silly and   
   >>> stitching together snapshots of flow at particular points.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Government basically gets all the money, eventually.   
   >>> The corporations basically get all the money, eventually.   
   >>> The people basically gets all the money, eventually.   
   >>   
   >> The Government gets all the money, because eventually they have to   
   >> dispose   
   >> of all the used bills and coins, and that's where the trail ends.  :-p   
   >   
   > Very little of the money is in bills and coins anymore.   
      
   There is a good chance that money will disappear altogether during our   
   lifetimes, although I've noticed one car-park I go to won't accept card   
   for fees under $2.   
      
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