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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Gavin will visit the CIA
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MoonShadow
on 27/04/2011, 23:17:42 UTC
and the WH will obviously be hostile towards Bitcoin.
I don't agree that this is a given.
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Why would a government agency create a currency that undermines the government's ability to collect taxes?

The government has many other ways to generate revenue.  The income tax is not small, but has always been more about social engineering than government revenue.

That said, I was saying that I would be surprised if Bitcoin were a government project.