Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It also happened during the Second World War, but the big beneficiaries were the Swiss banks - who just swallowed up all the untraceable German Jewish money (and assets, like works of art) lying there, and furthermore, did the same to all the dirty money and assets kept there when the Nazis went belly up. Neutrality really does have its uses! They really are the actual axis of evil in this world, because no tinpot dictator or jihadist or drug don can become what they are without their help. They are now refusing to give India the names of illegal depositors because 'tax evasion' is not a crime in Switzerland - it is rumoured to be around 1-1.5 trillion dollars of deposits mainly arising from illegality and loot, so there is good reason for them not to divulge anything! The US had a pittance, so they divulged everything relevant to the US authorities. Cheers Jayanand On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:42 AM, Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin at gmail.com>wrote: > Richard Man wrote: > > "I read a science fiction story where the people who believe in the Rapture > > do get "raptured" away, except that life goes on for the non-believers :-) > > > Just think all the left over wealth. May be there will even be unclaimed > > Leica S2 :-)" > > - - - - > > That's what happened during the Black Death of 1347. Half of Europe's > people > died but their property and wealth remained. It was nature's neutron bomb. > In time the surplus wealth and diminished labor supply triggered the > changes > that led to the Industrial Revolution. No surplus S2s though. Perhaps we > will have better luck this time. > > I'm sure I won't be "raptured." > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >