Re: Egalitarianism vs. Strong Cryptography

[Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>]

On Wed, 3 Aug 1994, Timothy C. May wrote:
> > secret police organizations like the IRS.  A VAT would do the
> > trick nicely and could be easily built into the DigiCash system
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > of the future.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Not the untraceable cash systems most of us are interested in, that's
> for sure. Since transactions between "Alice" and "Bob" are invisible
> to outsiders, and they may not even know the identity of the other,
> then it's hard to imagine how the Tax Man interjects himself.
Which is a good reason to tax only property and government services.  
Yes, I am a communist Libertarian, and favor a 1%ish 100 year tax on 
land, water, and sky.(but not the information content of the land or 
wood, so a house is the same as a field is the same as a skyscraper).

Berzerk.