The US has has capital gains taxes since the 1930s, under every president of every party. The US will have capital gains taxes forever, regardless of who is elected.
I don't think you understand what I said. They don't want to tax your gains. They want you to reveal your holdings so they can tax unrealized gains. Thankfully US politicians are smarter than her and did not allow this to pass... yet.
Agreed that there is no evidence, however, the government always wants to inquire very much closely on the people and invade their privacy if they want this.
What are you talking about? How is there no evidence?
They wanted to make wallet providers ask users for KYC so they can assign wallets to IDs! This was a real legislative act they wanted to push through Congress.
How is that not an attempt to deprive people of privacy?
The Democrats see self hosted wallets as aiding tax evaders, money launderers, drug traffickers and other criminals. Republicans believe self custody preserves basic freedoms in a digital world.
Representative Sherman (Democrat) compared self hosted wallets to bearer bonds which were banned in the U.S. in the 1980s.https://www.ledgerinsights.com/self-hosted-wallet-congress-privacy-freedom/