Re:Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes
by kaonashi on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @02:23PM
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Why do you think their economy has been depressed for over a decade? Every time they show a glimmer of growth, they yank out the rug from underneath by raising taxes.
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Re:Japan to regulate Bitcoin trades, impose taxes
by corresation on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @02:34PM
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Why do you think their economy has been depressed for over a decade?
While it is incredibly complex, the fact that their population has been static, trending towards declining, has played a significant part of it.
In many countries, economic growth is just a side effect of population growth -- every number gets bigger, but the actual wealth of each individual person is static or in decline.