61% of Americans paid no income taxes in 2020

Re:61% of Americans paid no income taxes in 2020 by thehappypm on Thursday August 19, 2021 @11:26AM (#28235071)

This actually expands further than taxes and expands to all government services. Water bill, inspections, sewer. Those institutions will always only accept dollars, and that backstops the value.

Thought experiment: rampant inflation happens and the dollar inflates 10x. My $1M house is now worth $10M. It's reassessed (because I don't live in California) and now my tax bill is suddenly $100,000 / year instead of $10,000! I need to acquire $100,000 or I go to jail. So I start selling assets into dollars. This deflates the dollar. Everyone does this simultaneously and the dollar goes back to its natural value.

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Re:61% of Americans paid no income taxes in 2020 by debug-desperado on Thursday August 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#28237823)

I believe all US debts to private creditors can be settled in dollars. Any debtor can take a creditor to court if the creditor tries to demand payment in other forms.

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