Posted on 09/17/2013 2:23:47 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The government on Tuesday authorized establishment of a committee that will examine ways to eliminate cash from the Israeli economy—the better to prevent citizens from cheating on their taxes. The committee will be chaired by Harel Locker, director of the Prime Minister’s Office.
Cash is easily passed from individual to individual, and transactions using cash can take place without the tax man’s supervision. Not so electronic transactions; with modern computers, banks can keep tabs on how much people deposit into their accounts and how much they withdraw, while credit card companies have an up-to-the-second record of how much people spend. …
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It isn’t superstition, FRiend.... it is the Word.
Revelation 13 much?
Correct.
It's not easy to do, and no one has done it yet, but I have no doubt that anonymous and untraceable money is coming soon -- the demand will make it unstoppable.
As much as I admire the Israelis, the socialist streak runs deep in them.
As the author admitted, people will just use dollars or euros. But they could certainly use bitcoins, gold, silver or barter as well. Enforcement would require a vicious and expensive police state.
I doubt it for at least 20 years.
I rarely use cash. I have EZ pass for tolls and pay everything through Internet or credit card. It is actually great.
It could be partly symbolic, indicating allegiance in thought and deed. The entire book of Revelation is packed with symbols. Still it will NOT be good. It will be the ultimate rebellion against God and it will almost seem to succeed, until it falls like the house of cards it is.
You priders of yourself in the law equate church clubs with Christians. That’s like equating lightning bugs with lightning. When you meet actual gospel there will be NO mistake about what it is.
Oh, calm down. My statement that "socialism runs deep" is historical fact for the state of Israel. Israel's economy was hamstrung for decades by the government's socialist policies and its state-run enterprises.
You're too sensitive. Mine was not an anti-Semitic statement nor was it even anti-Israel. I have a deep admiration for the Israelis. I just hope they'll continue to free up their economy.
Way off base amigo. So far I don’t know where to start.
The obstacle I see is that much of commerce is moving online. You know, brick and mortar bookstores going out of business because they can’t compete with Amazon, so now there’s no place where you can physically go and buy a book for cash.
So let’s assume for the sake of argument that you can come up with anonymous digital cash that can be used when shopping online. I’ve heard convincing arguments both ways on this issue from people who are evidently smarter than I am. I have no idea, but let’s assume it’s possible. But if you buy something online, it has to be shipped to you, so you have to give them your address. So how can you anonymize the transaction?
The only thing I can think of (and this would take a significant infrastructure commitment, but no more significant than moving all commerce online) would be to have the goods shipped to some pickup site (picture a wall of lockers), and the code you get when you complete your transaction unlocks the locker. You get an email, through some anonymizing intermediary that tells you when the goods have arrived at the locker facility. It should actually save on shipping as goods that now get delivered to 5,000 different houses in town would all be going to the locker facility instead.
Has anyone given this issue any thought, and if so, what are your ideas?
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