The crypto-relevance is via crypto anarchy: we need to undermine the tax system enough that _everyone_, not just us, loses faith in it. (There could be a "straw that broke the camel's back" effect, if people lose confidence in the system. Even if most people are _not_ using anonymous digital cash to hide income, if _enough_ are (and this "enough" could be a visible minority, visible through recounts of their deeds), then confidence could be lost. As in Italy and other such places, where compliance rates on taxes are very low.)

--Tim May

I've posed similar questions to friends and aquaintences. The working-class stiffs (who can't easily hide from the IRS) feel taxes are an unwelcome but necessary burden in order to provide the blanket of government protection they feel exists. They resent and oppose widespread tax fraud. Self-employed tend to be more open to 'alternative' income structuring. PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear | Internet: azur@netcom.com Lamarr Labs | Voice: 1-702-658-2654 7075 West Gowan Road | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 Suite 2148 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- Internet and Wireless Development Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne, Libertarian, for President. http://www.harrybrowne96.org