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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by CryptoPunk on Friday May 28, 2021 @10:58AM (#27316139)
If a tax requires the entire citizenry surrendering all of their financial privacy, it should be abolished.
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by iSloth on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:18AM (#27316413)
And shortly after all countries would collapse...
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by decafninja on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:44AM (#27316791)
To some, that is probably a desired feature, not a bug.
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by imtringued on Friday May 28, 2021 @03:38PM (#27319611)
The new rulers?
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by svaha1728 on Friday May 28, 2021 @07:08PM (#27321558)
Feudal lords
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by MikeDelta on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:46AM (#27316824)
What system would be fair and acceptable to you?
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by CryptoPunk on Friday May 28, 2021 @08:21PM (#27322035)
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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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by swader999 on Saturday May 29, 2021 @04:08AM (#27323776)
A miniscule tax on every transaction. Automatically deducted. That's it! No other tax allowed.
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Re:The rise of crypto laundries: how criminals cash out of B... by gamblor956 on Friday May 28, 2021 @11:57AM (#27316961)
By definition, financial transactions are not private, because they necessarily involve a counterparty.
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