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Re:Coinbase and the IRS by pitaj on Sunday January 15, 2017 @03:12AM (#13402959)
So because predecessors decided something, the current state has the right to steal from me just because I was born here and haven't moved to another location where there is another state that does the same thing?
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Re:Coinbase and the IRS by hnhg on Sunday January 15, 2017 @06:23AM (#13403538)
Yes, you might as well complain that you never asked to be born.
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Re:Coinbase and the IRS by Frondo on Sunday January 15, 2017 @05:59PM (#13406920)
Correct, your parents consented to your citizenship here, and all its attendant obligations, when you were a child.

They were your legal guardians and were permitted to do so.

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