From:	Gurth gurth@******.nl
Subject:	Cash, Credit and Crime
Date:	Thu, 1 Jul 1999 19:47:10 +0200

According to IronRaven, at 8:03 on 1 Jul 99, the word on
the street was...

> Nationals issue money. Corporates issue money in the form of scrip. What
> is to say that folks like the yakuza and mafia can issue scrip?

Of course they can. As long as they can back it with something else,
anybody can give out "money." You might call it savings coupons, air
miles, or whatever, but it's all the same thing: a piece of printed paper
that's essentially worthless, except for the fact that people _give_ it a
value.

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