From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 18:20:18 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Taxation Thought Experiment
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>The crypto-relevance is via crypto anarchy: we need to undermine the tax
>system enough that _everyone_, not just us, loses faith in it. (There could
>be a "straw that broke the camel's back" effect, if people lose confidence
>in the system. Even if most people are _not_ using anonymous digital cash
>to hide income, if _enough_ are (and this "enough" could be a visible
>minority, visible through recounts of their deeds), then confidence could
>be lost. As in Italy and other such places, where compliance rates on taxes
>are very low.)
>
>--Tim May
>

I've posed similar questions to friends and aquaintences.  The
working-class stiffs (who can't easily hide from the IRS) feel taxes are an
unwelcome but necessary burden in order to provide the blanket of
government protection they feel exists.  They resent and oppose widespread
tax fraud.  Self-employed tend to be more open to 'alternative' income
structuring.


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