Dash: digital cash; taxes optional

[jimbursch]

I want to preface the following by stating that I am for paying taxes and I am against oppression.

The first and best use-case for Dash is that it enables people to engage in economic transactions while avoiding oppressive surveillance and taxation.

I believe this is the fundamental value proposition of Dash and it should be part of our tag line.

Why does anyone prefer to pay or receive cash? The biggest reason cash is preferred is because it empowers the parties to the transaction to deal with taxing authorities on their own terms. The second biggest reason is to avoid the expense of dealing with a banking system that is enmeshed with taxing authorities.

I am not a libertarian ideologue -- I believe taxes are necessary to support a liberal democracy (my preference), but I also believe that a democracy has to engage its people and collect its taxes in a manner that maximizes liberty and minimizes oppression and surveillance. Simply saying "because it's the law" is not an argument and it is not how a democracy should engage its citizens.

 

[GrandMasterDash]

I can see you've been thinking about this since I mentioned automatic taxation! :-D

The way I see it, the dash treasury is a tax yet we don't complain about it too much!

I suppose someone could make a wallet where you can name an automatic beneficiary. For example, a waiter could put their boss's "tax" address, then every tip received would automatically pay their boss. The boss, in turn, would set his automatic beneficiary as their local authority.. and so on. Then have a "proof of paid taxes" button for random spot checks. Equally useful for automatic savings.. as you receive money, you could automatically set some aside as savings...