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Re:Engineer found guilty of trying to sell military chips to... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:00PM (#20346206)
I think it's that the state would rather receive the tax money than enforce federal law. As for the users, it protects them from state prosecution for tax evasion.
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Re:Engineer found guilty of trying to sell military chips to... by tempguy9999 on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:16PM (#20346345)
> I think it's that the state would rather receive the tax money than enforce federal law

Which is surely going to happen because people will pay taxes even anonymously, because it's such an enjoyable activity.

USAians in particular looove to pay tax!

(signed: a brit. Who knows nothing of history)

Edit: flippant, but now I can start to see the rationale. Thanks all.

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