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Some time ago (1998) at the University of Moscow in Russia Professor Igor Panarin predicted that the United States would collapse and disintegrate into petty states by the summer of 2010. He theorized that the contiguous 48 states would devolve into three or four separate nations and Alaska would revert to Russian control. The professor was wrong; but only as to the time frame. Our once great nation is on the verge of breaking up. We are no longer a union. We no longer participate in national problem solving with a united front. The citizens of the United States no longer

During this economic downturn many government entities are struggling to balance their budgets. Adding to the downturn in business is the increase in the underground economy also known as the shadow economy or black market. The underground or shadow economy is comprised of all economic transactions that are not in some way reported and tracked in the official economy. This includes not reporting income or sales tax which impacts the economy from the federal to the local level. It also included garage sales, private sale of second hand items, wages paid in cash and