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Clark F Morris

2006-09-18, 6:55 pm

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:27:21 -0500, "HeyBub" <heybubNOSPAM@gmail.com>
wrote:

>Howard Brazee wrote:
>
>This is a media exaggeration. The authorities only confiscate the plane (or
>boat or car or cash) if they have an immediate need for a plane (or boat or
>car or cash).
>
>There was a case recently were a Guatamalan immigrant was discovered during
>airport security with $180,000 in cash. Turns out, he and four others had
>pooled their money to buy a refrigerated truck for a new business they were
>starting. When he got to Chicago, he found the truck had already been sold,
>and his cash-carrying ways were discovered on the way back to Phoenix.
>
>He was free to go, but the feds kept his money.
>
And how is this different from legalized theft?

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