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Re: Bitcoin confusion?

#620357
From: jmfbahciv
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 15:48
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Peter Flass wrote:
> Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote:
>> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 16:43:51 -0700
>> Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That is supposed to be the theory. I agree that a lot is skimmed off, and
>>> a lot more goes to pay for stuff I may not agree with, but without taxes
>>> to pay for roads, bridges, etc. we'd be in a real mess.
>>
>>     I sometimes wonder, here the best palliative care unit in the
>> country was built from local donations.
>>
>
> My personal feeling, based on what I've seen, is that's generally true.
> Anything the government "gives" you is so surrounded by pettifogging rules
> and restrictions that it's only slightly better than nothing. We should
> encourage more private charity and less government.
>
"Free" means that the recipients have an infinite resource which
causes no restrainst in the consumption of that resource.

/BAH
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Subject: Re: Bitcoin confusion?
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