Re: Hard to Tax Scenario

[Bill Frantz <frantz@netcom.com>]

At 4:47 PM -0800 12/16/96, Hal Finney wrote:

>One difficulty I find with this scenario is its science fictional nature.
>It is hard for me to consider details about the life of a doctor who works
>via VR.

But telepresence would be wonderful for dealing with infectious diseases.

>Also, if we are already in a situation where 30% of people are
>avoiding taxes there will certainly have been major changes in society,
>but I don't know what they will be.

I am not sure we aren't close to that 30% if you include the people who
receive small portions of their income in cash and fail to report it.
While these reporting failures don't have much effect on tax liability,
they do quickly raise the percent of people who are technically in
violation of the tax laws.


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