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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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