Peter Todd on Nostr: Nah, VAT is a gigantic pain in the ass, and very invasive. It forces you to keep lots ...
Nah, VAT is a gigantic pain in the ass, and very invasive. It forces you to keep lots of records and disclose lots of data that you otherwise would not have to.
Property tax has the advantage of being applied to something that inherently isn't very private: the fact that land is owned.
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