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It's hard to empathize with the people mailing that much cash. It's an inherently careless and risky thing to do, and mailing that much cash is very obviously (and ironically) done to avoid taxes and legitimate business transactions.


I couldn't agree more. I bet the guys doing this don't even get their shoes shined or a proper haircut. People who do things differently from us deserve to get railroaded by the system. Reminds me of a passage in an op-ed in the SF Chronicle several decades ago:

"It's hard to empathize with the people engaging in homosexuality. It's an inherently careless and risky thing to do, and meeting up in gay-friendly districts is very obviously (and ironically) done to avoid public decency orders and legitimate family formation."

A man ahead of his time, if you ask me. We need to ensure that those who fail to lick the boot hard enough should be separated from their tongues.


It’s actually pretty easy for me to empathize with them. FedEx is pretty reliable. It wouldn’t surprise me to hear that the biggest inherent risk in mailing cash was police stealing it.


That's a very weak reason to allow the state to tie up property ~indefinitely on the basis of ~nothing.




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