SpartanMikeK
New Member
I will leave a link below that explains where this question comes from but heres the short of it. A man tries to exchange badly damaged money for non damaged money (this is perfectly legal and happens often) but his stories are basically b.s. to where the money came from. So now the government gets to keep around 10 million dollars. Isnt there like a thousand better charities this kind of money could be donated to, or have it go twords tax relief for all the working citizens of the U.S.? Why does the U.S. govern. just get to keep it? What are your thoughts?<br />
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http//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/buried_millions<br />
inapprop--<br />
I am not concerned with whos holding it, but in the article it said if the money goes unclaimed or the guy doesnt fight the siezure, then the U.S. Govern. gets the money. The article doesnt say how long the money has to go unclaimed before the Govern. gets to keep it. I just figured that if it goes unclaimed there are a lot of better places it could go rather then just being "free" money for the Government.<br />
inapprop--<br />
was the article correct with that statement, does the U.S. Govern. just get to keep any unclaimed money and use it for whaterver they want?<br />
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http//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080728/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/buried_millions<br />
inapprop--<br />
I am not concerned with whos holding it, but in the article it said if the money goes unclaimed or the guy doesnt fight the siezure, then the U.S. Govern. gets the money. The article doesnt say how long the money has to go unclaimed before the Govern. gets to keep it. I just figured that if it goes unclaimed there are a lot of better places it could go rather then just being "free" money for the Government.<br />
inapprop--<br />
was the article correct with that statement, does the U.S. Govern. just get to keep any unclaimed money and use it for whaterver they want?<br />