Alaska Man Cited For Illegal Bartering: "I Need Some Firewood and I'm Willing to Trade Some Moose Meat"by Mac Slavo, SHTFPlanJan. 21, 2012 |
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If you’re planning on bartering emergency stockpiles and supplies in the event of a disaster then be sure to check applicable state and Federal laws or you may end up being the subject of a sting operation, as was the case with Chad Gerondale of Alaska. Bartering may have been a necessary trade practiced by the earliest of our human ancestors, but in a society where central planning and control is the status quo, even the exchange of food or services becomes an illegal act: Chad Gerondale, 41, has hired well-known Fairbanks attorney Bill Satterberg to represent him in the "meat for heat" case, as it has been dubbed by online spectators.The lesson here is that if you plan on bartering, illegal or not, keep it a private matter. Government minions, whether on the Federal level, or local law enforcement, have nothing better to do than to interfere in the business of private individuals. |