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Title: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: HDSolar on October 19, 2012, 05:51:15 PM Not a big fan of NBC news but this is something I thought you all would enjoy taking a look at:
"The economy is so bad in Argentina that the government recently said it would start taxing overseas credit card purchases. It also demanded that banks report all credit card transactions -- foreign or domestic -- saying the data would be used to find tax cheats." The whole article is at: http://redtape.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/19/14541431-big-brother-meets-big-data-governments-start-scrutinizing-credit-card-records?lite&ocid=msnhp Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: Polvos on October 19, 2012, 06:47:20 PM Thats a good idea, i really dont think its fair people can buy from amazon to skip paying tax. In the short term you save a few bucks, but when everyone is doing it...your kids get a lower quality education, crime goes up, unemployment goes up ...and our loved politicians have less to steal ::) Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: flatiron on October 20, 2012, 01:40:36 AM Thats a good idea, i really dont think its fair people can buy from amazon to skip paying tax. In the short term you save a few bucks, but when everyone is doing it...your kids get a lower quality education, crime goes up, unemployment goes up Is this guy serious? Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: Arto on October 20, 2012, 08:37:22 AM Thats a good idea, i really dont think its fair people can buy from amazon to skip paying tax. In the short term you save a few bucks, but when everyone is doing it...your kids get a lower quality education, crime goes up, unemployment goes up Is this guy serious? It's certainly a little hard to tell whether he's being sarcastic or not... Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: BlackHeartFund on October 23, 2012, 11:38:12 PM You guys do realize that not everyone who uses bitcoin is a hardcore anti-tax nut right?
Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: niko on October 23, 2012, 11:42:57 PM You guys do realize that not everyone who uses bitcoin is a hardcore anti-tax nut right? No, they don't realize it.Title: Re: Big Brother meets Big Data: Governments start scrutinizing credit card records Post by: DoomDumas on October 24, 2012, 06:11:30 AM Modern monetary mechanics = doom to fail, it's mathematical, logical.. approching failure, any govt/citizen are getting more and more in debt/poorer.. Govt are just trying everything imaginable to find more money.. but at the final, bankruptcy is innevitable !
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