There is a difference.  A PTC has to round up suckers to buy their  
stock.  The government just does it.
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> On Mar 15, 2008, at 1:28 PM, William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
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> On Mar 15, 2008, at 12:10 PM, Cedric Chang wrote:
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>> a government could have zero tax and just print money.
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> Sorta like a publicly traded company creates its stock, eh?
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> BillW
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