prosperity Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I'm not sure if this is necessarily new news, but it's definitely shocking. Apparently we've moved from covert theft by the State to overt theft in this country. As for attempting to contact owners who have abandoned their property, I guess that depends on whether they truly abandoned their property. What I noticed is that there isn't a lot mentioned on what is being done to get property to their owners where the property wasn't abandoned. This seems to me like outright, overt, theft - it's like a common thug stealing your stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarrisan Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Disgusting. And here I thought Safe Deposit boxes were the one place where your wealth would be, I don't know, safe. Time to dig a hole in the backyard... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian0918 Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeesh... and I was planning on actually using these things in the near future. I wonder where GreedyCapitalist has stuffed all his gold bullion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 Yeesh... and I was planning on actually using these things in the near future. I wonder where GreedyCapitalist has stuffed all his gold bullion. Not in a Swiss bank, hopefully. Obama's almost threatening to invade, in his eagerness to collect Americans' wealth from those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackethan Posted February 24, 2009 Report Share Posted February 24, 2009 I really doubt the Swiss will give in to America's request for access to swiss accounts. They would immediately lose all their business, even people who don't live in America, because they wouldn't be able to trust the Swiss. Obama -would- have to invade to get at that cash, and then he'd be seen as the evil fascist he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gags Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 In Michigan, the state's escheat law is particularly aggressive. If you buy a gift certificate and forget to use it, the certificate becomes the property of the state. The same thing is true if you have unclaimed wages at a former job. Michigan even collects unclaimed bottle deposits from beverage retailers, under its escheat laws. This state's politicians have elevated theft to an art form. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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