On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 10:08 AM, Benjamin Kreuter <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 26 Feb 2012 08:48:05 -0500 > [email protected] wrote:
> Money and government go hand in hand. Governments need money in order > to manage taxes, fees, fines, and so forth; yet money becomes valuable > because of the legal structure that surrounds it, which is as true for > gold as it is for fiat currency. Even if you could become completely > self sufficient, to the point of not have to trade with anyone, you > would still need to pay taxes and fees (property taxes, hunting license > fees, etc.), and you will need to make those payments in a manner that > is accepted by the government (i.e. the money issued by the > government). Barter systems, de facto currencies and so forth only > work on small scales. You've just made a very good argument for eliminating money, at least government issued money. Yes, governments just love to assess taxes, fees, and fines. No, I have no need of any of that. -Bill _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
