>Yet an American deserted during Vietnam and spent over 25 years in New Zealand somehow. It wasn't until a couple of years ago that his family back here in the states found out he was actually alive and wasn't MIA. there was a 60 minutes story on it. I always wondered how he found work...

Because every society has to have loopholes: either most of the people look the other way or there are other ways, like for instance founding a company and living on the earnings of the judicial person...

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thomas