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You're welcome. I'm glad you appreciate the invaluable service I provide to this forum.

It's a forum, not an RSS feed. Has all the drugs and child porn fried the collective communities shared brain cell to the point that 3 day old news can't be discussed without confusion?  

And my question still hasn't been answered; how many of you bitcoiners still think you are above the law? Do you still think you can circumvent authority with your Internet Monopoly money?

I have news for you, no one takes bitcoiners seriously either.

No the government takes criminals who run ponzis seriously, not bitcoiners.

No the government takes criminals who run ponzis seriously, not bitcoiners.

This action by the SEC has legitimised bitcoin - it's clear now that the law regards BTC in a similar way to fiat.

This is a big milestone.

Who's bitter? I'm actually an extremely happy guy.  Making fun of delusional bitcoiners who think they are above the law makes me smile even more.

So you are happy about government regulation of bitcoin then? Excellent, so am I.  I doubt that most of your peers on this forum feel the same way, though.

I haven't been making fun of bitcoiners? Really?

You aren't very bright, are you?

And my question still hasn't been answered; how many of you bitcoiners still think you are above the law? Do you still think you can circumvent authority with your Internet Monopoly money?

I haven't been making fun of bitcoiners? Really?

How many of them ever did? I don't recall there ever being that many.

Yes, really. You've actually been making fun of a straw man this whole time. We're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you. I'm sorry if it took you so long to figure that out.

Yes, really. You've actually been making fun of a straw man this whole time. We're not laughing with you, we're laughing at you. I'm sorry if it took you so long to figure that out.

I'm smart enough

How many of them ever did? I don't recall there ever being that many.

Then you don't actually read this or any other major bitcoin forum (ie: r/bitcoin) because they are absolutely full of people who blatantly discuss circumventing the law through bitcoins.

I don't. I use have my time and money invested in bitcoin legally. Some parts of reddit are as bad as 4chan in terms of content quality.  There are plenty of people out there who have embraced an idea and made money without doing anything illegal.

Good, if you don't try to circumvent the law, and pay all due taxes on profits made through bitcoin, then I have no issue with you personally. However, understand that you are in the minority in this community.

Who even cares if someone doesn't pay taxes on their bitcoin? The government doesn't care when apple or GE doesn't pay their taxes so why should I have to. The government rarely does anything about rich people having overseas bank account and avoiding taxes. Not only that they give the rich cheaper taxes via capital gains. Our government could get rid of the income tax if it really wanted to. Just stop trillions of war spending. So no I will not pay my taxes. This country was founded on people just like me not on people like you who happily bend over for their government

So go ahead and laugh, the rest of the world is laughing at you.

Who even cares if someone doesn't pay taxes on their bitcoin? The government doesn't care when apple or GE doesn't pay their taxes so why should I have to. The government rarely does anything about rich people having overseas bank account and avoiding taxes. Not only that they give the rich cheaper taxes via capital gains. Our government could get rid of the income tax if it really wanted to. Just stop trillions of war spending. So no I will not pay my taxes. This country was founded on people just like me not on people like you who happily bend over for their government

Not if you brought your Bitcoins at 1 cent each they're not.

Yes. Yes they are.

Yes, but the laughter is just a fake front.

No, that's just what you people tell yourselves to lessen the blow of being laughingstocks.

GE and Apple operate inside the law and use legal tax write-offs and legal loopholes.  They pay all of the taxes they are legally required to pay.  If a person is caught not paying all of their due taxes, they go to jail rich or not.  Even fame doesn't preclude you from this...just ask Wesley Snipes.

You are not special. Pay your taxes like everyone else. If you aren't intelligent enough to find write offs and legal loopholes, that's your fault...don't get mad at corporations and rich people because they are smarter than you.

Liar.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_banking_scandal

The House banking scandal ultimately involved more than 450 representatives, most of whom did not break any laws. Twenty-two congressmen and -women were singled out by the House Ethics Committee for leaving their checking accounts overdrawn for at least eight months out of a sample of 39 months.[2]

You are really a very angry and unhappy person.  

No, that's just what you people tell yourselves to lessen the blow of being laughingstocks.

Wow. None of that has anything to do with corporations and rich people paying their taxes. Good job on not following the conversation, though.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."

Seems we're at stage 2 according to you. When does stage 3 begin? I'll buy some popcorn. :D

Do you know what Ghandi was referring to in that quote (I am guessing no)? If so, please explain exactly how it relates to bitcoin....I am all ears.

It doesn't relate to Bitcoin. It's a retort.

Anyway getting back on track; when does stage 3 start?

So it had absolutely nothing to do with the conversation, you are just trying to make some tenuous connection because of your severe brain damage. Got it.

No, the only thing you have proved is that you don't understand banking or economics and that your reading comprehension sucks.  

Why you think that overdrawn checking accounts (which, by the way, are not illegal) owned by government officials has anything to do with taxes (which is what we were actually talking about at that time) or how the laws are applied to the rich is beyond me.

As for the OP, it was about bitcoiners thinking they are above the law. I know this because I wrote it, and included the statement "still think BTC makes you immune to the law?"

I'm not attacking you, I am stating the truth; based on your posting, I'd have to conclude that you aren't very bright (or at the very least, have a shitty grasp of logic). Get mad all you like, you are still very very wrong, and you should probably quit while you are behind.

Wow, you really are stupid.

Do you really not know the difference between having an overdrawn account and passing bad checks?  Do you think banks are involved in criminal conspiracy for offering overdraft protection?

Wow, you really are stupid.

Do you really not know the difference between having an overdrawn account and passing bad checks?  

Never. Like you said yourself, the quote doesn't apply to bitcoin.

Using an out of context quote that you don't understand as a retort makes you look like an ass.  

You said this:

If a person is caught not paying all of their due taxes, they go to jail rich or not.  

Down here writing hot checks is a crime the DA goes after on a regular basis - for the little people.

Let's see - is there prosecution for the members of Congress?  For the 10,000+ hot checks they wrote?

Nope.  So there is different treatment for rich people than for little people.

Oh and by the way, if a person is caught not paying all of their due taxes, they don't go to jail.  They just pay penalties plus the tax due.

House checks did not bounce; they were honored because the House Bank provided overdraft protection to its account holders

The House banking scandal ultimately involved more than 450 representatives, most of whom did not break any laws.

Under the federal law of the United States of America, tax evasion or tax fraud, is the purposeful illegal attempt of a taxpayer to evade payment of a tax imposed by the federal government. Conviction of tax evasion may result in fines and imprisonment.[1]

Apart from very obvious trolling reasons, why are you actually here?

makes you look like an ass.  

To amuse myself and provide a counter poi
nt to the echo chamber.

Psychologically, when a person asks a lot of questions in a passive aggressive manner such as you've exhibited on numerous occasions, it's typically a sign of narcissism.  You don't just want to tell us what you think and why that makes you smarter, you'd rather belabor the point and first ask us what we think before you can 'set us 'straight'.

And the Pot Calling the Kettle Black Award goes to...

I don't have a chip on my shoulder, I simply post the way I need to to get the reaction I am looking for.

So now you have shifted the goal posts to the definition of a specific crime related to not paying taxes.  The number of people convicted of these crimes is quite small and they are carefully defined in black letter law.  Most people who send in a return simply get an audit, then they get a bill with interest and penalties.  So your broad brush statement that "if you don't pay taxes rich or poor you go to jail" is total bullshit.  In fact your very examples in support of your (changed)premise prove that.  The tax laws have a simple goal, to maximize revenue.  If you go and read some of the cases on tax fraud they are very, very different than the case of the average person who does not pay his taxes.

So you mean that rich and powerful people do get treated differently?

Oh, and if you look at the history of those events, if Gingrich had not made an issue out of it it would have gone on for another decade unchanged.  And the issue he made of it was political, not based on morality or ethics.  Sorry, you fail again.

I don't have a chip on my shoulder, I simply post the way I need to to get the reaction I am looking for.

It's much more simple than that, I am making fun of people in a way that amuses me...the questions are mostly rhetorical.

The armchair psychoanalysis was cute, though.

That is the very definition of trolling.  But the bitterness and unhappiness shows through quite clearly.

Making fun of people by asking them rhetorical questions is an interesting choice of activities to seek amusement from. 

Oh I'm definitely "trolling", I've made it as obvious as possible and I still managed to get page after page of dumbass responses from you in the last two threads.

Again, I'd have to say that you aren't very bright.

In fact, even after saying this, I bet I can keep baiting you into arguments that you can't win.

See? You just can't help yourself.....