I'm in the UK, and our current government is intent on sucking money out of any savings or assets that we own. They are starting to impose Draconian measures to control any financial transactions or holdings. I believe that this could lead to an increase in the use of P2P transactions that are kept away from exchanges and government control. Do you believe that this will lead to an increase in transactions between members of fora such as Bitcoin Talk, or will such transactions be a rich grazing ground for government investigations?
Countries like mine exist for a reason. If someone in the UK has income in cryptocurrencies, especially high income and the government wants to impose draconian measures on their finances, then such people can travel to my country and settle here. That's what hundreds of Chinese did when China banned Bitcoin mining. They bought the whole building in one city here, imported their miners from China and live here today.
There are loopholes and countries use the weaknesses of each other for their own benefit, so I wouldn't worry about anything but it's bad that sometimes you are forced to leave your country and immigrate.
Btw I think that this will lead to an increase of P2P transactions. There are lots of illegal things going on behind the scenes, so I'm sure many people will try to avoid paying heavy taxes.