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Article #620327Re: Bitcoin confusion?
From: Dave Garland
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 06:28
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 06:28
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On 2/7/2018 11:29 PM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: > On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 19:42:55 -0600 > Dave Garland <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote: > >> On 2/7/2018 2:19 PM, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >>> On Wed, 07 Feb 2018 12:52:19 -0600 >>> JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>>> I trust bitcoins far less than I trust the fiat money I get paid in by >>>> the US government. >>> >>> You can't pay taxes in bitcoin, therefore it isn't money. >>> >> >> You're not allowed to send them cash, so that's not money either? > > You can't pay your tax debt with legal tender ? That's wrong and > deserves a court case to prove it. > Not in the US for federal (or probably most state) taxes. (They don't want 1) tax offices to have large amounts of cash on hand, 2) people sending cash through the mail where it might get stolen en route, 3) poorly paid employees opening the envelopes, or 4) taxpayers complaining that they weren't credited.) You're right, but no lawyer is going to take that case for free, so who's going to contest it? And government wants a paper trail for every transaction.There are obviously reasons why that can be good, but likewise there are obviously reasons why that can be bad.
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