Lets get US Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) into Bitcoin

[Elwar]

D - whammy
MA - whammy

[RodeoX]

I had no idea we had so many Elizabeth Warren experts? They even know her opinion on things she has never commented about. 

[dree12]

I had no idea we had so many Elizabeth Warren experts? They even know her opinion on things she has never commented about. 

The attitude in this thread is far too negative. "Statists hate Bitcoin"? Myth. Bankers hate Bitcoin because it is competition. But Bitcoin makes no claim to compete with the state. Bitcoin does neither garbage collection nor road building. Bitcoin neither collects taxes nor regulates markets. There is no reason whatsoever for a statist to hate Bitcoin, unless said statist is affiliated with the banking system.

Elizabeth Warren, in my opinion, would be a good fit for Bitcoin.

[Chef Ramsay]

You can't be serious with this.  She is a statist, through and through.

REAL friends of bitcoin in congress (anti-legal tender laws, pro-competing currencies)

Justin Amash (R-MI)
Thomas Massie (R-KY)
Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI)
Raul Labrador (R-ID)
Walter Jones (R-NC)
Ted Yoho (R-FL)
Jared Polis (D-CO)

While he's been disappointing on some key issues, I'm glad to see he's got some cajones on this. I still have like 70 of his yard signs in my garage and was thinking about putting them out with the trash but he's redeemed himself a little on this one. Now, if he only doesn't vote in favor of another fiscal cliff deal like he campaigned against. The others you listed are no big surprise, Massie, Jones and Amash are top shelf congressmen for sure. Yoho and Labrador get honorable mentions.

[acoindr]

I understand the skeptical views on Elizabeth Warren. I'm skeptical too.

It just seems to me someone writing a book called "Rigged" about how the economic system is often rigged against people who work hard and play by the rules might be open to Bitcoin. Neither she or anybody else can stop it anyway, but she could be a powerful ally.

[Melbustus]

I had no idea we had so many Elizabeth Warren experts? They even know her opinion on things she has never commented about. 

The attitude in this thread is far too negative. "Statists hate Bitcoin"? Myth. Bankers hate Bitcoin because it is competition. But Bitcoin makes no claim to compete with the state. Bitcoin does neither garbage collection nor road building. Bitcoin neither collects taxes nor regulates markets. There is no reason whatsoever for a statist to hate Bitcoin, unless said statist is affiliated with the banking system.

Elizabeth Warren, in my opinion, would be a good fit for Bitcoin.

A world in which bitcoin was a major financial force would begin to curtail governments' abilities to deficit spend to the degree to which they currently do. Thus, pro-big-government statists who correctly think these things through would be anti-bitcoin. But that *does* take some vision, and is a long-term thing that's perhaps not on the radar of a politician constantly focusing on near-term election cycles.

[hayek]

Most of the current community, that is. If Bitcoin is to take off, it needs to cater to a broader political spectrum. Having my mBTC taxed is a small price to pay for a low-fee and fast decentralized global financial transaction system.

Then, please, feel free to pay those taxes for yourself. Just don't try to make everyone else join you.

[hayek]

I understand the skeptical views on Elizabeth Warren. I'm skeptical too.

I just seems to me someone writing a book called "Rigged" about how the economic system is often rigged against people who work hard and play by the rules might be open to Bitcoin. Neither she or anybody else can stop it anyway, but she could be a powerful ally.

Every you post about this reads like it's from the hip. I could write a book called "Demon Summoning Cancer Babies for Jesus" and it would have more credibility than anything written by a politician.

I don't get why you are looking for friends in Washington. At the end of the day, there are none. Look to this community, look to yourself. Find a problem and fix it. Make something better with your own means. That's positive. That benefits the world.

Hiring a politician to point a gun at people to get your way isn't any different just because it's YOUR politician

[acoindr]

I don't get why you are looking for friends in Washington.

It's about PR. Politicians (and journalists) need to be educated lest they perceive Bitcoin only in a negative light. Taking a strictly "us against them" viewpoint seems shortsighted.

At the end of the day, there are none. Look to this community, look to yourself.

Doing that is fine, but has limits. If Bitcoin is to grow it needs to enter the mainstream, which includes more moderate political viewpoints. Elizabeth Warren might not be a good fit, but some politicians are open to Bitcoin, like state rep Mark Warden from New Hampshire.