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Ghost Dog

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44. ... Not so easy where there's so little rule of law...

Reply to AnneD (Reply #41)

Fri Sep 6, 2013, 07:05 PM

Sep 2013

Anything tangible (not just your pension fund) could get 'confiscated' (or arbitralily taxed) at any time.

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