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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by MattyRad on Thursday June 27, 2013 @11:10PM (#5955972)
I feel the same. Mostly because I feel helpless about it. How are we supposed to bring about real, lasting change? How can we trust a government that views the Constitution as an inconvenience instead of our most important legal document? One that they swore to uphold. I'm trying to come up with an effective way to help solve this problem, but everything, including encryption, has serious issues. The only truly effective thing I can think of is to start using Bitcoin, because the government has no power if it can't tax, but Bitcoin is a whole new area of FUD.
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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by ck2 on Friday June 28, 2013 @01:57AM (#5956503)
Have you seen the joke meme where they label Obama "you were the chosen one" - sadly it's not a joke to me. It really, really feels that way.

I had no illusions he was perfect. I despised the marketing pitch of "change". But I didn't expect this. I mean even the right would have to admit they are a little surprised.

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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by mpyne on Friday June 28, 2013 @12:37AM (#5956291)
The government can tax Bitcoin too.

If somehow the USD went to shit they could even make you pay it in BTC, unless you felt you were able to hide your identity, but we have people paid only in cash play that game already without serious detriment to government power.

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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by MattyRad on Friday June 28, 2013 @10:46AM (#5958253)
Could you elaborate on how the government would be able to tax Bitcoin? As I understand, since the government can't see your n number of wallets, all of which are probably anonymous, they would have no idea how much tax you owe.
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Re:The NSA Can't Tell the Difference Between an American and... by mcguire on Friday June 28, 2013 @12:51PM (#5958968)
As you to fill out a form declaring how much you earned, determine that you are falsifying that form based on information provided by your transactions' counter-parties, then put you in prison. See Al Capone.

Is this a trick question?

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