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it's OK tho, when LN comes out fee will go right back to 1cent, because it will relieve a lot of pressure from the blockchain

LN is designed to improve scaling. Fee reductions are just a consequence of being able to conduct more transactions.

Remember how the US$ got bootstrapped? the Gold Standard?
Gold standard's long gone.
People still use LN USD

yeah... and because of it we amaericans have to pay #abusivehightaxes

Nonsense. Abusive taxes can (and were) charged long before the end of gold standard. [Britain's] Abusive taxes were the justification for the American revolution, remember?

we are paying the highest taxes the world has ever seen ever.. i do not really owe the IRS 30+% of my income...... the usa needs a Magna Carta ... put me in the govys database of revolutionaries please!

More nonsense.

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Taxes accounted for about 25 percent of the United States' GDP -- placing the U.S. 27th out of 30 countries studied. The five with the highest percentages were Denmark, France, Belgium, Finland and Sweden, each of them with taxation accounting for more than 42 percent of gross domestic product.Oct 20, 2015

--Google search for "countries with highest taxes"

i disagree that i owe 30+% taxes..

http://www.newsmax.com/finance/Personal-Finance/Norquist-tax-foreign-income/2014/06/23/id/578696/

http://blog.turbotax.intuit.com/health-care/affordable-care-act-101-what-is-a-health-care-reform-tax-penalty-15262/

http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/IRS-US-tax-foreign/2014/08/06/id/587148/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2014/09/16/forget-zimbabwe-u-s-tax-system-ranks-at-bottom-just-better-than-portugal/#3f5f350e5818

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/new-record-federal-tax-revenues-top-3t-1st-time

What does the fact that *your* taxes are high have to do with "[US] accounted for about 25 percent of the United States' GDP"? If you're in the > 30% tax bracket, my heart won't break for you, you'll get by. Somehow.
What does the fact that US taxes you if you live overseas (your first link) have to do with anything? Give up your US citizenship, problem solved

what are u a govy shill ?? it is definitely not out of the question that i would leave the USA .. or that i might give up my citizenship too.. problem is I cannot own a gun in most places i might move too . you are arguing it is ok for the USA to rip everyone off.. and i disagree with you.. and your 'interest to infinity' debt slavery system is built upon THEFT .

No more theft than a landlord charging you rent. Stop it with the entitled bullish, snowflake. You live here, we keep it nice. You pay rent or GTFO.

>what are u a govy shill ??
If you only knew, Earthling, if you only knew...