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		TheCoelacanth on June 11, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Netherlands must ban cryptocurrencies immediately:... Money is a contagious story plus guns. I need to acquire USD to pay my tax bill, otherwise men with guns come and take away my house and put me in jail. That establishes a baseline value for USD.

koonsolo on June 11, 2021 [–]

If none of the services and goods trade in USD, the goverment will soon collect taxes in something else than USD

TheCoelacanth on June 11, 2021 | [–]

The people selling the goods and services need to pay taxes too, so they will have to trade in USD.

koonsolo on June 11, 2021 | | [–]

No, they just need to exchange it at the very end.

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