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The Floridian Duchy of Brinkle

October 16, 2008

Peter Pappas tells the story of a Florida couple who have declared themselves "soveriegn." They have used their independence try to avoid the IRS and property taxes, and to create their own currency. Having a country apparently isn't all it's cracked up to be:

And get this, the Brinkles complained to the Sentinel that they don’t have enough money to pay their heating and air conditioning bills because they are "scraping by on $1,300.00 per month of Social Security Benefits."

SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS? Don’t they mean foreign aid?

Heh.

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