Re: e-$ and AP

["Jean-Francois Avon" <jf_avon@citenet.net>]

On Wed, 21 Apr 1999 11:09:02 -0700, Cypherpunk wrote:

>Our spies report that on 12:11 PM 4/21/99 -0400, Jean-Francois Avon said:

>	Hmm.  Does anyone have more money than the government?  (few if any)  Do
>you suppose they would start outsourcing by placing a price on "Anyone
>posting to the cypherpunks mailing list"?

What would prevent them?  Only, if private e-currencies emerge, some people 
will try to use private currency as much as possible.  The more the govt tax, 
the more people will resort to private currency to avoid taxation.  When govt 
stop taxing, who'll want to put a price on their heads anyways?

>This isn't a random flame, but a
>more 'cyberpunk' view of the future.  Forget a police state, the government
>uses its initial inertia of cash flow to take out all the naysayers.

Again, when naysayers realise that e-$ are not taxable, they'll stop saying 
nay...


>I think it's time to start the loyalty screening of all my friends now.
>Excuse me.

:-)

Ciao

jfa


Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal), Canada

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