[79270] in Cypherpunks
This is not "cash" if the government demands a report...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim May)
Tue Apr 29 16:55:16 1997
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Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 13:01:59 -0800
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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
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At 11:26 AM -0800 4/29/97, Kent Crispin wrote:
>I was refering to your purchase of the 'vette -- presuming the dealer
>followed the law, the sale would be reported, and the amount, and
>hence the transaction is not anonymous, even though you paid cash...
Ah, Kent, so you are citing the government's intervention in cash
transactions (part of the War on Some Drugs, of course) as evidence that
cash has flaws. Well, I wouldn't call this cash, not if the government
demands that True Names be taken down and reported.
(Personally, I would never buy a car with cash, for lots of reasons. I did
put a Ford Explorer on my Visa card once. Freaked out the dealership....)
--Tim May'
There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws.
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