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2661  Economy / Economics / Re: Am I a bad person if I manage to avoid taxes? (Hypothetical question) on: June 29, 2023, 07:24:18 PM

however tax avoidance is completely legal as if you can use the existent laws to reduce the taxes you pay or to not pay anything at all then what you are doing is legal and no one can judge you because of it.

Yes it is legal to avoid tax not that it may be intentional or in an obstinate manner but the law allows for someone to pay lesser tax for the sake of other charges or commitment that he has carried out whether social responsibility to the environment where the person or company is located in. For example if an oil company is exploring a certain environment, it can also be agreed that they take up some social responsibility like taking care of the environment, scholarship in education to youth in the environment etc while they per lesser tax to the government. The point like you rightly noted is that it is legal in itself, you can be under taxed in the same light.
2662  Economy / Economics / Re: Am I a bad person if I manage to avoid taxes? (Hypothetical question) on: June 29, 2023, 05:55:56 PM

So, my legitimate question is, after all the robbery, a person, who doesn't pay taxes, is a bad person for the society or not? More likely I want to get answer from those whose countries have a model similar of European healthcare and employment insurance.


You don't have to limit your thread to just people having same kind of model to what you are talking about tax, you need a wider range of response and information for you to know more about the topic.

First, I like to say that if a country is taxing you but providing the basic amenities needed for good standard of living then I don't see a problem in that since they also account for the capital expenditures and all that has to do with proper running of the government. So apart from natural resources that are converted in manufactured goods to be exported, the government look inward also to generate income used to run the government. Tax are IGR for the government but they have to be moderate because over taxing is more like slavery.

So to your question about being a bad person if you avoid paying your tax, there is a line between morality and law. So morality brings your conscience in the mood for you to know good or bad while law is inscriptions charged with offenses and punishment. Therefore If you evade tax, legally it is a crime if you are caught. If you are caught is the word but with morality, your conscience gives you the instant judgement.
2663  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Happy Eid-El-Kabir on: June 29, 2023, 05:24:23 PM
Religion is the opium of the masses just like Karl Marx said. This means with religion, leaders can use it against the people to manipulate them against people in another religion. So let us not be deceived, no matter the religion we find ourselves God is the creator and we should do good to all because there is always a reward for actions we commit. If you are a leader, don't deceive your followers.

Happy celebration.
2664  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Top Five Reasons Sports Bettors Are Attracted to eSports on: June 29, 2023, 04:22:04 PM

Yes, you are right that betting on sports that we know quite a lot about can provide entertainment and also a more challenging adrenaline rush because we can enjoy the course of a match while hoping to be able to win bets on the team we choose.

This is especially if our team is the favourite to win the match that we have bet on. During the playing time it gives more relaxation without pressure. But the pressure comes when you bet your team against a more solid side, by then you will be under pressure to win your bet and also for your team to win and stay in a good position at the league table. This is usually the dilemma of bettors when their team is playing with a strong opposition while the bet is also on their bet slip.
2665  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ads for online gambling should be banned. on: June 29, 2023, 03:00:51 PM

The best solution is to provide jobs and also convenience in all social services so that automatically people can focus more on a better life and avoid all forms of risky actions such as gambling.

By this are you suggestive that gambling will go down or relegated to the background? No I don't think that is going to happen. No matter the jobs that government provide for her youth, gambling will still be there. The days we are are the days of new age and exploration, the youth are exploring all aspects of socialization and acculturation of which gambling is one of the top that people get to know what happens in other jurisdictions. And the gaming industry is fast growing , different sports find there way to bookies. The gambling adventure is now more of pleasure and fun that employed people find time for it also.
2666  Economy / Economics / Re: How billionaires are really affecting the economy. on: June 29, 2023, 01:28:19 PM

I am a person who loves equality and justice in life, so I realize the problem is that it is so, so how to turn negative things into positive, and increase more positive things in life.

Despite our believe that things should be normal and that people should be equal to one another as human beings with the same features making us humans , we have to also know it within our minds that equality exist in the minds and not in reality whether in economic status, politics or family background which is even the strongest point to place someone on a particular level. It is unfortunate that we see social injustice everywhere in our daily lives which gives other the added advantage that they have rode on. The egalitarian society that is conceived by some social philosophers seem not to be near achievement because opportunities keep pushing the rich and poor apart.
2667  Bitcoin / Bitcoin Discussion / Re: A bitcoin retirement plan with a disturbing length of years. on: June 29, 2023, 11:21:19 AM

I want to ask if it's good for somebody to use half of it's saves to invest in bitcoins, will the person make it in bitcoins industry or it's good for someone to start small in bitcoin investment with little capital because of lose that is involve for Bitcoin investment,

It is better to do your bitcoin investment gradually and not to be greedy about it to put as much as half your savings into it.  In the market, no doubt there are ups and downs so you need some reserve to be able to do some other expenses that will come your way while your bitcoin investment is running. Like they say invest with the money you can forego incase it doesn't come back to you in profit. However bitcoin is the most guarantee in the cryptocurrency investment but do it wisely and not greedy, life is a step after another.
2668  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Which League Makes Sports Betting Easy to Win? on: June 29, 2023, 09:00:24 AM


By the way, what I have noticed very frequently (and in fact has very low odds and some of them not expressed) concerns the "under xx goal" market bets on the Argentine Soccer market.
Compared to other leagues, they occur more often.
Only problem, the odds are very low. And some likewise "under <6.5" are not provided by bookmakers Sad

The unders betting tips are good for leagues where goals don't often come in like the Argentine. In fact most of the South American leagues are like that including Brazil especially in the first halfs of their games. Yes you should expect a lower odds from them because they appear to be easier to win so the odds have to ridiculously reduced so that you want to add numerous more games to them which will also limit your winning chances because in betting, the more games you include in your slip the greater possibility of losing the bet. So sometimes you could have 10 under xx goals and the odds together will not be more than 3 odds and that is not encouraging for 10 games.
2669  Economy / Gambling / Re: Impossible KYC Requirements - Stake.com - Withholding $6000 USD on: June 29, 2023, 06:32:54 AM
I see you have posted in the stake thread here https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2072589.0. I think that will be the right place to draw more attention to the challenges that you have narrated here. I checked stunna is not signed in after June 7th, maybe you can drop pm for him and be patient. Someone could take it up for you there .
2670  Alternate cryptocurrencies / Altcoin Discussion / Re: Imtoken Amazing Feature on: June 28, 2023, 09:39:33 PM
Imtoken is an erc20 wallet and it is very simple features and easy to use, although I have not noticed the feature on their swap market exchange that you are talking about because I have always used it with etheruem on it. That is very nice feature and it will really help to carry on with transaction when etheruem is not available there.
2671  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Ads for online gambling should be banned. on: June 28, 2023, 08:55:24 PM


If this should be implemented will it affect bitcointalk casinos?

How is that a problem with the forum? I was reading through your post and felt you didn't see you were talking about a single country, Australia.  Australians can be affected but not the forum. Moreover, it is just the ads and gambling will still be going on there. I think that could be a policy to limit advertisement probably to protect the under age bettors. If ads are banned it will only bring low turnout for casinos running ads in Australia only but if same casino is running ads in other country then it is still not an issue. This is just a lesser concern on the Australian bettors and under aged.
2672  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Africans truly gain independence from the West? on: June 28, 2023, 08:12:00 PM

Who controls the African people? Africans in government. They can't rely on the people they elect to maintain important affairs, so don't rely on them at all.


Africa is the architect of what is happening to the continent and that is leadership. African countries almost all have leaders who rigg themselves into political offices and this is the greatest undoing of the African states. There is a saying that when the head of a fish is rotten, then the whole body is bound to also decay. This is the fact about the African continent but look at some of the Asian countries who also faced this colonialism with Africa, they have moved away from mundane suckling on the host or colonial countries. Countries like India that was colonized by Britain, Dutch, Portugal French, they are almost competing with these countries economies or is it China that was also colonized by some of the mentioned countries like Britain, Portugal etc, they have very robust economy because they have moved away from that mindset of dependency but Africa have not yet done that, until they find a niche for themselves they will still be subservient in the league of nations.


2673  Economy / Economics / Re: Why is bitcoin pumping when the economy is heading into a recession? on: June 28, 2023, 04:54:38 PM
During halving, the market becomes erratic until it takes a particular position before the halving so don't be confused about that. The recession or not is not going to affect bitcoin the way you are looking at it especially now it is getting closer for the next season of bull run. Around the COVID-19 time that it was suppose to be a bear but because it just had the split, it didn't have any draw back to price increase to $64k. Bitcoin is decentralised and it doesn't really depend on the number of fiat in circulation.
2674  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Success or Fail? - Talking about Gambling as a major income on: June 28, 2023, 03:29:13 PM

Thus, several people can become unhappy because of one fool who decides to make money on gambling.

Yes I have seen some families that are in a disarray because a member of the parents especially the father has become so engrossed in it that it makes the wife bitter enough to start disrespecting the husband and family members. Usually wives don't like their husbands to be known with gambling as a source of income but sometimes because of lack of employment, some men fall into helpless situation that they run into gambling and do that in an unreasonable way. Gambling is not to be taken as the only source of income, even those claiming to be professional gamblers also have other specialties they belong in. Some are graphic designers and other online outfits.
2675  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Let's find out which gambling game is the most played among our community... on: June 28, 2023, 01:59:30 PM
It is football for me. That top my list of priority in the gambling adventure. It is more publicised and makes the whole environment aware that something is happening especially during the weekends. Most of the during the season, weekends are made to be fun for me especially with EPL but apart from that I also enjoy other leagues like LaLiga.


I like sport matches, sometimes tennis, but football most times. The issue I get with sport betting is they are of low odds. The high odd ones are not encouraging to go for because the chance to win such odds is negligible.


Sometimes those high odds are the game changer. You don't need to line them up in your slip, you only need to either pick one of it and bet it separately but boost the potential with reasonable staking power and you may be lucky. High odds are better played alone or you can pick just two in different leagues instead of one league.
2676  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Lotteries and possibility vs. probability on: June 28, 2023, 01:00:11 PM
There are many people who know that they will not win the national lottery but consider their small role in the development of the country as consolation.

Do people really play lottery with the mindset of contributing money to help develop their country ? Lol I doubt that. Lottery is also gambling and despite that some gamblers say they do that for fun , it is not always the reason. Maybe they play with little money and don't invest their emotion on winning but definitely they wish to win. So likewise lottery, people play it to try their hands on winning not because they want to solely contribute to the country's financial development even though the money generated from lottery tickets are said to be utilized as taxing for the development of facilities but individuals don't play for just the fun of contributing to development. Every gambler wants to increase his stake in multiple cash.
2677  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: BEST TIMEZONE FOR SPORTsBETTING on: June 28, 2023, 11:45:19 AM


HOW I HAVE TO SAY IM TALKING ABOUT LIVE LIVE LIVE LIVE BETS ON LIVE MARKETS

How is this possible that time zone will have to determine when preferably that a sports betting will be a winning one. I mean if there is an EPL match going on in England, it appears in different time zones across the other countries and continent so what does that change? If for example like you are saying, your favourable time zone to bet and win a match is 7pm GMT and the match between Manchester city and  West Ham is starting by 2pm GMT in your zone while you are sure Man city was going to win, you won't bet on it because it is not 7pm GMT? Well IMO I don't think time zone works for sports betting, the analysis of the match, the odds matters more to betting a match not time zone.
2678  Economy / Gambling discussion / Re: Are there real sports bet groups on: June 28, 2023, 07:31:40 AM

If I may know if they offer a guarantee of how the presentation of the prediction accuracy they made? And maybe if I want to go inside there, I must know the historical traffic of their predictions as an indication of the interest in joining.

Well I have seen or belonged to quite a few of them, what they do is at times they are biase to post losses often unlike they will post that of their winning and most of the loses posts out are from the free prediction sections and winnings from the paid groups especially the VIP section. This is indicative of saying that a non subscribers of paid should do so and enjoy some of the winnings but this not so right and guarantee because they don't post much of the loses from the paid sections. It is a marketing strategy for them to win more cash from the non subscribers not to stand by the side track to enjoy what people who "pay" do enjoy. But I'm not convinced on that most times because I understand that not all prediction from pay groups come as winnings.
2679  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: This increment of Fuel price in Nigeria on: June 27, 2023, 09:29:33 PM
The politicians are insensitive to the feeling of the people, poverty dey everywhere but dem no want know about that one but instead dem go try carry more money enter house. Now we dey hear say dem want share the subsidy money wey comot whether na rumour we never know, inside every rumour small truth go dey inside. Them no even talk about refinery but na how to share money dem get interest even NLC self no dey help matter.

Na better statement you just talk my brother man, because truly what I expected after the removal of this fuel subsidy matter na for Federal government to start to talk about reviving our old abandoned refineries back to start functioning again, so that we could no more keep buying fuel anymore. Because of what benefits will it be if the money is distributed,  of which I'm sure how the Covid-19 palliative ended up in the warehouses of top politicians, which I'm sure that's likewise how this money go be if shared. Because instead of sharing, they should use the money to create companies that will employ the youth.

No be lie my brother, the matter tire person no be small. When president Goodluck Jonathan been remove the subsidy, na same people enter street go say dem do do occupy Nigeria and even then we see paliatives wey him bring then in buses wey try to reduce transportation cost, even then fuel na #145 but wetin we see today na #550 / #600 yet no palliative anywhere. When dem even talk about sharing money, the thing dey funny and shameful, how? Like say dem fit let money reach everyone abi na dem go still carry am enter house like dem do for COVID-19. I go dey wonder say dem no fit use BVN send money enter people account. Nigeria na the more you look the less you see.
2680  Local / Nigeria (Naija) / Re: CBN Mandate Banks to Use Social Media Handle for Customer's KYC on: June 27, 2023, 05:34:44 PM

The CBN’s latest move aims to bolster compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) provisions while aligning with international best practices.


Na them them . The people wey dey launder money na which people my brother? Abi no be them ? Na them them. If them catch them now, wetin dem go do? Nothing. Highest dem go do plea bargain and collect their own from the money. Leave Nigerian government.


In an effort to enhance the accuracy and depth of customer identification, the CBN has made it mandatory for financial institutions to collect and verify customers’ social media handles as part of their Know Your Customer (KYC) requirements.
Now, Wetin Una think? Abeg say your mind.


Sometimes you go just see say Nigerian government dey far from the people. Dem forget say social media no be every person wey get bank account dey social media. Wetin happen to phone numbers? I think say na the same reason wey carry BVN and NIN come, dem don leave those ones come enter Facebook, WhatsApp, tweeter, Instagram, LinkedIn, Reddit etc

Them never tell us where dem dey pursue us go.
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