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Article #620420Re: Bitcoin confusion?
From: Ahem A Rivets Shot
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:24
Date: Thu, 08 Feb 2018 18:24
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On 8 Feb 2018 12:12:00 GMT Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > On 2018-02-08, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > > On 8 Feb 2018 10:43:45 GMT > > Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote: > > > >> On 2018-02-08, Ahem A Rivet's Shot <ste...@eircom.net> wrote: > > [15 lines snipped] > > >> > You can't pay your tax debt with legal tender ? That's wrong > >> > and deserves a court case to prove it. > >> > >> Someone else who doesn't understand what "legal tender" means. > > > > Please enlighten me then, > > Do I look like a front end to Google? I'm happy to send you my consultancy Google won't help me understand why you are reading very simple sentences differently to me. > Because I'm feeling kindly, you can have this for free. Pay particular > attention to the ways in which the use of legal tender is circumscribed > in various jurisdictions. As in not at all ? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender Appears to agree with my definition - specifically: "Formally, it is anything which when offered in payment extinguishes the debt." Rather a nice phrasing. > In particular; > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender#Republic_of_Ireland Notes that coins past a certain value are not legal tender so ? > And; > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_tender#United_Kingdom Much detail on what is and has been legal tender so ? Nothing to contradict the principle that offering to pay a debt with legal tender extinguishes the debt whether or not the offer is accepted. However that page does have this under the section for the United States (the territory under discussion) "United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues. Foreign gold or silver coins are not legal tender for debts. — 31 U.S.C. § 5103" It specifically mentions taxes so I'd say the government (state or federal) is on shaky ground refusing cash. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:\>WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/
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