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From: jya@pipeline.com (John Young)
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 1996 05:18:56 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: ASAP letter on e-cash
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Forbes, ASAP, October 7, 1996, p. 18.
Bankrupt the Bureaucrats!
Eugene Ludwig's principal concern ["The Money Changers,"
August 26] is not counterfeiting, theft, or fraud: Those
crimes have victims, and regulators are never concerned
with victim crimes.
As comptroller of currency, he is worried sick about tax
evasion (i.e., avoidance) and money laundering because he
knows that technology like Chaum's Ecash could put him
and his entire bureaucracy out of their cushy jobs,
regardless of the actions of the executive branch or
Congress.
Counterfeiting a $100 bill, even one of the new ones, is
easier than counterfeiting one of David Chaum's Ecash
payments, and the previous level of government "concern"
regarding offshore counterfeiting of $100 bills is
instructive here (they let it go on for years!!).
Some in government have gotten a clue by osmosis, such as
Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), but the damage is already
done. My solution: Vote Libertarian!
Jim Ray
liberty@gate.net
[Right E-steamed Cypherpunk]
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