From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
To: Blanc Weber <blancw@microsoft.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-18 05:20:18 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 22:20:18 PDT
From: Sandy Sandfort <sandfort@crl.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 94 22:20:18 PDT
To: Blanc Weber <blancw@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: Nixon, Johnson, and the Dollar
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C'punks,
On Sun, 17 Jul 1994, Blanc Weber wrote, first quoting me:
> From: Sandy Sandfort
>
> "When the government makes any announcement (ESPECIALLY a denial), you
> should figure out what the government is trying to get you to do. . . . . . "
> ......................................
>
> I think this is what is called "providing incentive" or in
> corporate-speak, "incentivization" (when they make an announcement and
> you take the kind of action which they intended you should).
No, it's worse than that. They're just plain trying to fool you in order
to *keep* you from doing something (like accumulating silver coins). You
can be government insiders have already taken positions contrary to what
they want you to do (or not do).
S a n d y
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