This was the exact concept I was sort of getting at. Although you have a personal experience and went into more detail, the end result is somewhat the same. Ultimately you could earn money, simply because it was worthless. Whats the point in money if there is no supply? So relationships and labor were what you needed to survive. The government for damned sure was aware of this and they realized taxing you your money was just as worthless as well. So they taxed your labor effort instead.