1984! US Senate Launches Forfeiture and Crypto / Cash / Assets / Prepaid War

[Mirimir]

On 06/15/2017 12:34 PM, grarpamp wrote:
> https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/1241/text
> http://www.article78againstnydfs.com/advocacy.php
> 
> This is a new bill that was introduced on the floor of the US Senate
> entitled, Combating Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and
> Counterfeiting Act of 2017.
> It basically says everything is evil..
>  Cash is Evil
>  Bitcoin/Crypto is Evil
>  Prepaid Phones are Evil
>  Gift Cards/Vouchers/Coupons are Evil
> These people are certifiably insane. Among the bills sweeping
> provisions, the government aims to greatly extend its authority to
> seize your assets through Civil Asset Forfeiture.
> CALL YOUR CONGRESS AND SENATORS TO TELL THEM TO NOT SIGN THIS, EMAIL
> WORKS AS WELL, DONT HAVE TO BE IN THOSE STATES TO SEND A GOOD MESSAGE

But not if you have any of those assets. You'd pwn yourself, no?

> https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members
> https://cohesionsoftware.github.io/
> 
> A two minutes phone call to the local U.S. senator's office can
> prevent the sort of debate that happened in Florida (and compare
> that with how it happened in New Hampshire)
> 
> https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6hbis7/us_congress_going_full_1984_on_bitcoin_and_assets/
> https://www.reddit.com/r/ethtrader/comments/6hbhnp/americans_heads_up_congress_is_trying_to_pass_a/
> https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/6hccra/senate_bill_s_1241_is_an_attempt_to_end/
> 
> World government's getting scared of world's peoples,
> crypto, etc...
> 
> 
> Except for NH, for now at least...
> http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/13/new-hampshire-exempts-bitcoin-and-other
>