Can the government, etc. force me to give up cash I may not be using at the moment, if they are experiencing a shortage and decide they need it more then I do?
Yes. They're doing it right now. When they print money, they decrease the value of every dollar already in circulation. The fed printing money is what causes price inflation. The result of which is that money you currently have in the bank buys less tomorrow than it would have yesterday. It's a very stealthy tax, but the effects are real.
Can a wealthy person be forced to give up that ?hoard? of cash they have been saving to provide medical care to an individual facing a life-threatening event?
Well, duh. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> And any other services that will help reelect a politician. The government knows much better than you what to do with all that money you have. Hand it over, Citizen.
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real difference between stock piling and hoarding is not one of definition, or timing, but perspective. Those who had the smarts to make hay while the sun was shining call it stock piling. The idiots who have nothing to eat will call it hoarding.
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