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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cherd, post: 8469635, member: 24754&quot;]This seems problematic to me on a lot of fronts, and honestly, I would have previously assumed that it would have been illegal.</p><p><br /></p><p>The government&#039;s revenue should come through taxes and specific types of services (Postal, Sanitation, etc). Getting into the business of something like minting and auctioning off collectables is a pretty big deviation from this general rule. Opening the door to going down these types of roads is just asking for corrupt practices.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bigger problem is that an individual, privately owned auction house will be benefitting. Governments working with the private sector must always involve selection through a standardized, publicly advertised, bidding process. Was that done here? If not, then the US Government is just blatantly playing favorites.</p><p><br /></p><p>Not to say that corruption and favoritism doesn&#039;t already exist in our government, I mean, those lobbyists aren&#039;t working around the clock for nothing. But still! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":inpain:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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