Originally posted by Slazer
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I mean damn, what in the hell did people do BEFORE welfare was ever created?? I'm sure they found a way somehow.
There are many restrictions put in by the government. People used to be able to try to find their own fortune, at their own pace, but now even that
is being taken away.
Many jobs people were able to do before are very restricted, or not allowed anymore.
I used to do some prospecting over a year ago as a hobby, and found some gold, and got quite a collection of old coins also, and just by doing this as
a hobby, but I also did a lot of research before i went prospecting on some of my free time.
Yes, there is gold to be found still, as well as diamonds and other precious minerals which in the past people who tried to make a living were able to
get more freely such resources. Now there are more limitations, and people have been put in jail for taking natural resources.
If you find something good, something worth a lot of money, by law you are supposed to turn it in to the police, and after a period of time if noone
claims it, it is yours, but then you have to pay the government if your find is very profitable, and at the end leaves you with pennies meanwhile the
government gets a percentage of your find, in the way of different fees.
if you find loot that was robbed decades, or over a century ago, of course you ahve to turn ALL of it in to the government, and you only get a
finder's fee which is not much.
There are laws that do not allow any sort of prospecting on any historical site, which is where you could find the best stuff, and only archeologists
from universities, and government geologists are the only ones allowed to retrive many valuable resources.
There are even new programs being implemented by the government to heavily restric private prospectors from being able to mine, and make a profit.
This is getting out of hand. A new Democrat sponsored bill is being reintroduced by Nick Rahall, that would only allow people without the new
permits, to take only samples of precious metals/minerals. Even thou gold pans and other non-motorized sluices would be the only available ways to get
"samples" of minerals, and other precious resources, if you plan on selling these samples you still would need a notice, or plan, which means paying
new fees to have the priviledge. And even then, you have to give 8% of the gross royalty to the federal government, even if such a person does not
make a reasonable profit at current commodities prices.
This will not only affect those of us that do prospecting, and even some mining. It will also affect small to medium mining operations/companies, and
will further affect jobs in this area.
Here is a link with more information about this new bill.
www.icmj.com...
forum.treasurenet.com...
People who own lands do not own whatever resources/minerals are under that land. They can only "LEASE" their land for companies being able to use
their land to get to the resources.
In other words, the people who own the land under which there are rich resources that would make them increadibly wealthy, get a low percentage of
money from the resources that are under their land, and instead the rich companies get most of the money/resources.
The same thing is happening with treasure hunters being restricted from shipwreck areas.
2. Under the Revised and Published Rule 1A-31.0092 (3) c, d, e it declares that permit areas shall have a "Buffer Zone" of 500 yards width from:
navigation channels, exempted areas as defined in this chapter and excluded areas as defined in this chapter. These areas are defined in 1A-31.0042
and 1A-31.0045. This means no one will get a permit within 500 yards of a public recreation area (i.e. public beach) which translates to about one
fourth of a mile from any Florida shoreline. The entire coastline of Florida is off limits for 1500 feet. This is not fair because history shows us
that the majority of shipwrecks were blown toward or onto shore by hurricanes. The vast majority of shipwrecks on Florida's submerged lands are
probably included within this area. It also means no one (without a grandfathered in Admiralty Claim) will get a permit within 500 yards of any inland
waters, inlets, National Park systems, National Marine Sanctuaries such as the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary), State Parks, Local public
recreation areas, resource conservation areas and resource management areas, areas conveyed to public or private entities............. etc.
forum.treasurenet.com...
www.flrules.org...
Treasure hunting becoming banned in all states???
forum.treasurenet.com...
This is part of how Americans, and legal residents from other countries were able to make a living in the old days, yet even this has been slowly
taken away from us
Not only that, the government is also restricting farmers.
Financial Post March 10/2005
Back off, farmers
By Elizabeth Brubaker
Traffic chaos again disrupted Toronto yesterday as convoys of tractors – in the second such demonstration in as many weeks – converged on Queen's
Park to demand more privileges for farmers. Last week, 8,000 farmers organized by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture lined up at the legislative
trough for cash. Yesterday's protesters, led by the Lanark Landowners' Association, demanded a different kind of subsidy: freedom from
accountability.
Armed with the slogan, "This is our land. Back off government," yesterday's protesters complained about a number of "intolerable" laws
restricting farmers. Heading their list was Ontario's Nutrient Management Act, which, among other things, is intended to prevent farm manure from
polluting the streams and lands of neighbours. They were also "fed up" with the Environmental Protection Act, fisheries regulations "that protect
minnows more than people and harm your farm," and other regulations that have "broken the back of our family farms."
www.environmentprobe.org...
They are also trying to stop/control "private gardens" in the disguse that "they are trying to keep you safe from whatever food you produce in your
garden.
This is an example.
foodsafety.psu.edu...
Not to mention that the new taxes they have in mind include taxing more farms with cows, and other animals, as well as pets for their CO2 emissions,
etc.
In general, the old ways in which people in this country could make money, are being very restricted, or taxed to the point that you might not be able
to keep a farm, or make much profit.