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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;chrisild, post: 1979643, member: 39&quot;]Depends. In some countries, such as the US, that may well be true. In others, the concept of giving and taking is at least as important. I would certainly not want to live in a place where I can only buy products and services from my home city, or state, or the Federal Republic of Germany, or the European Union, without risking of being &quot;accused&quot; by people.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for mints, sure, if you have local companies (private or government operated) that get the job done well, fine. And I agree, here in Germany we do not actually need four mints with five facilities. The question is, should the federal government give the minting job to one or two of them only? That would affect the somewhat delicate states/feds balance. Now what if a mint does not operate profitably? In the case of a government operation, one could argue, so what, a mint does not have be a profit center by itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another reaction would be to say, our mint can make enough money by producing medals, and/or coins for customers worldwide. Or you say, minting locally is too expensive, let&#039;s get this done by people elsewhere in the world who do a good and yet cost efficient job. Each approach has its pros and cons - my point is simply that none of them should be ruled out.</p><p><br /></p><p>Christian[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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