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Title: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: coga on March 28, 2013, 05:05:12 PM This is a thread for the folks who oppose the idea to petition whitehouse.gov, or want to discuss if it's productive or not. see this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160213.0
Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: deadweasel on March 28, 2013, 05:10:19 PM This is a thread for the folks who oppose the idea to petition whitehouse.gov, or want to discuss if it's productive or not. see this thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160213.0 I oppose it, but I also believe we should all be discussing both sides in a single thread. Huddling together in our own threads only confirms our own bias. https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=160213.0 <----------Original Thread. Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: Bitware on March 28, 2013, 07:01:05 PM Petition them to accept bitcoins for taxes.
Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: MysteryMiner on March 29, 2013, 07:35:21 PM Petition them to accept bitcoins for taxes. Better petition them to harakiri themselves and leave Bitcoins alone. They cannot reliably tax on bitcoins anyway and will make things only worse. And taxes are bad thing after all.Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: Nesetalis on March 29, 2013, 07:38:19 PM taxing bitcoins was not stated... accepting tax in bitcoins was :p
Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: Bitware on March 30, 2013, 10:11:35 AM Petition them to accept bitcoins for taxes. Better petition them to harakiri themselves and leave Bitcoins alone. They cannot reliably tax on bitcoins anyway and will make things only worse. And taxes are bad thing after all.I was referring to governments accepting bitcoins as payment for perceived tax obligations. Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: MysteryMiner on March 30, 2013, 07:49:52 PM Petition them to accept bitcoins for taxes. Better petition them to harakiri themselves and leave Bitcoins alone. They cannot reliably tax on bitcoins anyway and will make things only worse. And taxes are bad thing after all.I was referring to governments accepting bitcoins as payment for perceived tax obligations. Title: Re: Do not petition whitehouse.gov Post by: Bitware on March 30, 2013, 09:31:12 PM Petition them to accept bitcoins for taxes. Better petition them to harakiri themselves and leave Bitcoins alone. They cannot reliably tax on bitcoins anyway and will make things only worse. And taxes are bad thing after all.I was referring to governments accepting bitcoins as payment for perceived tax obligations. One thing has historically defined lawful money, and that is a government accepting it for perceived tax obligations. |