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CryptoPunk
1852 days ago
If a tax requires the entire citizenry surrendering all of their financial privacy, it should be abolished.
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iSloth
1851 days ago
And shortly after all countries would collapse...
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decafninja
1851 days ago
To some, that is probably a desired feature, not a bug.
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imtringued
1851 days ago
The new rulers?
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svaha1728
1851 days ago
Feudal lords
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MikeDelta
1851 days ago
What system would be fair and acceptable to you?
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CryptoPunk
1851 days ago
A land tax: doesn't violate private property or privacy rights, counter-acts wealth disparity, impossible to evade, and considered the perfect tax by economists due to doing zero harm to economic efficiency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_value_tax
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swader999
1851 days ago
A miniscule tax on every transaction. Automatically deducted. That's it! No other tax allowed.
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gamblor956
1851 days ago
By definition, financial transactions are not private, because they necessarily involve a counterparty.
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