Quote from: sunnankar on February 17, 2012, 04:14:18 AM

Quote from: kiba on February 17, 2012, 02:31:51 AM

I agree. However, we should keep in mind that the laws are not always right.

I think the laws in question are wrong, but how to change this I do not know.

The Civil Rights movement of the 1960's is a great example. It was not until the blacks started boycotting that real change got done. You have to starve the vampire squid. Everyone understands the pocketbook. Governments and banks around the world are scared to death that they will lose control of the medium of exchange in the Information Age.

As far as being in harmony with unjust laws that is a personal decision for each person to make based on a simple cost/benefit analysis. The Matrix gives a good example. Personally, I do not want any problems so I send them plenty of money.

I have quite a few friends from school who have worked or currently work for the IRS. Their work performance is based on amount of money collected and time it takes to collect it. They are encouraged to settle quickly. Many of my friends who were first audited and presented meticulous records have been left alone for the rest of their lives.

When you understand they operate pretty much like a business then you can better deal with them. Ironically, Congress does not fund them enough so they really have a lot more bark than bite. Sure, they can make your life miserable if you flagrantly disregard them but if you have made a good faith effort to pay what is legally owed then much of their power dissipates. So one course of action is to make it appear in the records that you have made a good faith effort to pay what is legally owed.

Also, greatly complicating the records (why do you think all these TIEAs and FACTA are being implemented) is fun also as that makes any type of an audit a real pain in their ass and if the expected collection is not very much then are they really going to push the issue with litigation; particularly if you are willing to settle and write a check?

This reminds me how the church of scientology sued the government until the DoJ ran out of funds, then they cut a deal giving the CoS privileged tax status. Awhile back there was a thread about monocoinism vs polycoinism, perhaps these really are our religions.

Quote from: farfiman on February 17, 2012, 07:41:24 AM

Quote from: Lupus_Yonderboy on February 16, 2012, 11:15:14 PM

I guess there are no countries left on the planet where someone could operate an exchange outside of US laws?

Space?

Seasteading?