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Did you know American police can just take your stuff if they suspect it's involved in a crime? They can! It's a shady process called civil asset forfeiture.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kEpZWGgJks#t=133

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Ghost wrote:
Have nothing for blue-costumed thugs to steal and they'll get nothing. Piggies'll have to be careful. Abusing that could get many of them killed.

I'm refusing to even pay tickets anymore. If it happens again, I'm hopping on a plane and never looking back.

May the angels guard you.

This is what happens when a country is bankrupt. The government has to "raise" money any way it can just to pay salaries each month. Also, it encourages people to use debit and credit cards so all purchases can be monitored.

This just in.

Desert Snow
http://www.businessinsider.com/how-dese ... ps-2014-10

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This just in from "The Young Turks".

Wait till the PETRO $ goes down because you ain't seen nothing yet! The herd is a little slow to not figure out by now the whole system is going to unwind and run backwards to service debt.

I'm guessing Civil Asset Forfeiture only works on poor and middle class people because they can't afford to fight it in court.

For example, if someone is arrested for smuggling drugs in a rental car, hotel room, or a commercial building its unlikely the police are going to seize it because its a big company with an army of lawyers.

When the state runs out of money, it historically attacks the people. In Rome, whole armies began sacking their own cities to get paid. The police are doing just that. Whatever they can confiscate goes to funding their own pensions.

Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Final Stage Of Collapse Of Empire
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-2 ... pse-empire

This guy just had $100,000 stolen by the police.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkeS_0NQUZs&t=32s

This has been an issue for at least 30 years.

Taco wrote: ↑

December 28th, 2014, 6:12 pm

When the state runs out of money, it historically attacks the people. In Rome, whole armies began sacking their own cities to get paid. The police are doing just that. Whatever they can confiscate goes to funding their own pensions.

Civil Asset Forfeiture: The Final Stage Of Collapse Of Empire
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-2 ... pse-empire

It's interesting you posted that link. I was going to post that same video earlier today but decided to wait.

So mething that is something that mainly happens in the United States. Third World dictatorships have more laws and etiquette as long as people don't break certain rules which are mainly don't insult the dictator or engage in immoral behaviors.

One of your posts from 2014 is correct. The United States actively targets the poor and middle class. It is also why the United States actively seeks out poor and middle tier nations that cannot defend themselves.

The greatest thing a person can do is to not carry cash in America.

If a person had a lot of cash, carrying it is a terrible mistake but cash is an asset with negative returns after inflation. The only reason to accumulate cash is for show, to wait for an investment opportunity, to buy something with a cash discount, or to understate assets.

I personally am paranoid when I have more than $500 or €500 somewhere. I would even be a little paranoid keeping it in a safe deposit box.

I would be more paranoid in the US because I know all about Civil Asset Forfeiture.

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