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[alt_alice]

I've been looking at the scope and scale of what we're trying to do, and over and over again it comes down to funding.

The Goblins were cagey regarding our ability to access Ministry funds, and turned Bill's proposal down. They weren't exactly definitive, but we have no idea how long it may take for things to work in our favour, or, indeed, if that will ever happen short of a complete and final victory, and Merlin knows what that will look like or how long it will take.

We need to be able to pay people we hope to keep employed, and need to employ a great many. We need to be able to spend money to rebuild. We need to purchase supplies and materials. Short of devolving into a bartering society, we'll need to keep money in circulation and make sure it still means something. Without it, we have no legitimacy and no staying power. As long as our enemies have access to more resources than we do, our authority is suspect, and they will be able to keep holding on.

We have the seized goods in Dover that have been selling on the black market, and presumably a certain degree of cash flow from business profits and donations, but it is not enough, nor is it something we can be able to depend upon, and we must consider other sources of revenue.

Any thoughts on this would be well worth hearing.

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[alt_charlie]

I'm sorry, I was writing that on the fly and it might have come out a bit more harsh than I meant it. I know you're perfectly good at negotiating, it's just that it all depends on who you're talking to and how they're feeling about us any given day and all.

Actually, let's have breakfast tomorrow? You can update me and I'll see if I can tease out any other details.

And Alice, I've got that list of things to look for in the new and improved Neighbourhood Aid Society (That Is Most Definitely, Absolutely, And Completely Not The Watch), I'll run it by you in a bit.

[alt_bill]

Fine, let's do that, Charlie.