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From:	Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Script and Credsticks (Was: Re: Credsticks [was Re:
Date:	Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:32:07 -0500

Message no. 1 SINless and the Law]) -Reply

>So again I ask, would the government print scrpit and is it as wide
>spread as cash today?

No. Scrip is a way for companies to pretend to have their own
currency without all the hassle of being a government. There is a word
for government scrip, it's called cash. Scrip is somewhere between
money and coupons, somewhere in the vicinity of frequent flier miles...

Double-Domed Mike

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