* ring ring*
A: Hello...FBI field office, Agent Brunner here. May I help you?
B: Yes, someone scammed me and I'd like my bitcoins back.
A: Bitcoins, you say? How long have you been using bitcoins?
B: Does it matter? I've been hornswoggled in a scam and would like to use your service to get my property back. I'm a taxpayer.
A: We'll decide if you're a taxpayer or not. You sound like a scammer to me. Bitcoins? Isn't that hacker money?
B: Can you help me get my bitcoins back?
A: We'll call the IRS first. We're sending two agents to pick you up for questioning now. Your cooperation is required or you may face charges for interfering with a Federal investigation. Thanks for calling your government. Have a nice day!
Topic: Is it wrong to use government services if you pay tax? - page 2. (Read 1744 times)
I hear people complaining about "running to mommy government" when they get coins stolen but I see nothing wrong in using a service you pay for out of tax especially since it is extracted by force. It may be the crappiest service on earth and fail 98% of the time but calling people idiots for utilising it is short sighted.
If you declare your bitcoins on your tax and you pay such things as GST on goods and services you use I would say you have a moral right to use the monopoly on violence that the state provides if someone threatens you or takes your property without permission. I only wish governements restricted themselves to this one role in society.
If you declare your bitcoins on your tax and you pay such things as GST on goods and services you use I would say you have a moral right to use the monopoly on violence that the state provides if someone threatens you or takes your property without permission. I only wish governements restricted themselves to this one role in society.
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