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<p>[QUOTE="rick, post: 71895, member: 1235"]90% of what I know about the government did, in fact, originate from school house rock.</p><p> </p><p>"I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill..."</p><p> </p><p>So I'm probably in over my head in this topic, but what I do know is that there is a difference between 'can' and 'try'. The government can try to do a lot of things, but they are not always successful. Not to sound like Indiana Jones, here, but my personal opinion is that these coins belong in a museum anyway - as did the first one - so that everyone can benefit from seeing it as a symbol of our history.</p><p> </p><p>I guess the way I derived to that opinion was thinking about what Doug said about the 23 that were recovered. If you are going to allow this person, like the last person, to benefit off of NOT returning them - shouldn't you also go back, and like-compensate those good citizens (or their heirs) who you managed to recover those 23 from, too? Where does it stop?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rick, post: 71895, member: 1235"]90% of what I know about the government did, in fact, originate from school house rock. "I'm just a bill, yes I'm only a bill..." So I'm probably in over my head in this topic, but what I do know is that there is a difference between 'can' and 'try'. The government can try to do a lot of things, but they are not always successful. Not to sound like Indiana Jones, here, but my personal opinion is that these coins belong in a museum anyway - as did the first one - so that everyone can benefit from seeing it as a symbol of our history. I guess the way I derived to that opinion was thinking about what Doug said about the 23 that were recovered. If you are going to allow this person, like the last person, to benefit off of NOT returning them - shouldn't you also go back, and like-compensate those good citizens (or their heirs) who you managed to recover those 23 from, too? Where does it stop?[/QUOTE]
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