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IRS to monitor Facebook, Twitter for tax cheats

Mattfree88 — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 00:01:18 +0000

IRS to monitor Facebook, Twitter for tax cheats

Is the IRS about to get too close for comfort? New reports brought to light by one privacy and data security expert suggest that this tax filing season the Internal Revenue Service may be monitoring social media for any clues of tax cheats.

According to Kristen Mathews, a partner attorney at law firm Proskauer Rose LLP who specializes in privacy and data security, there are reports that the IRS will be checking into individual Facebook and Twitter accounts for improprieties.

Pittsburgh Man Opens Ice Cream Shop/Bank and Refuses to Shut Down

Erin Jane — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:49:30 +0000

Despite threats of big fines by state banking regulators, the owner of a Shadyside (Pittsburgh, Pa) ice cream shop who opened his own version of a community bank last summer isn't abandoning his mission.

"We are taking on the challenge of transforming the retail banking industry," his website states.
"PA dept of banks threatening us ... we keep growing," he tweeted in late December.

Instead of deposits he is offering "never-ending gift cards." (More hilarious examples of how this ice cream shop/bank owner is getting around regulations in the article).

High taxes force more Americans to renounce their citizenship

Mattfree88 — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:28:19 +0000

High taxes force more Americans to renounce their citizenship

Angry about the latest tax hikes? Each year, thousands of Americans pack their suitcases, rip up their US passports and move permanently overseas to prevent Uncle Sam from taking their money.

European Union to criminalize cash transactions over 500 EUROs

Freedomcam.net — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:14:02 +0000

European Union to criminalize cash transactions over 500 EUROs. Banking is the primary tool they use to control us. Free people transacting outside of their control is their biggest fear. As the original Rothschild said in 1838: "Let me issue and control a Nation's money and I care not who makes its laws".

The Keynesian thought patten, writ large

Jking8767 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:16:23 +0000

Let’s get one thing straight: America is not facing a fiscal crisis. It is, however, still very much experiencing a job crisis. In fact, of course, it’s just the opposite: The danger is that the deficit will come down too much, too fast. And the reasons that might happen are purely political; we may be about to slash spending and raise taxes not because markets demand it, but because Republicans have been using blackmail as a bargaining strategy, and the president seems ready to call their bluff.

Central Banking and War

kodgis — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:20:19 +0000

Central banking makes longer, more destructive wars possible, by obfuscating the cost of war through inflation. Without central banks, total war might not be possible, and would be far less likely.

$7M Gold found in dead man's home; Gov't takes $750K

pmfalcon — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:37:21 +0000

Walter Samaszko Jr, 69, died at his home in Carson City, Nev., with $200 in a bank account, but as officials later discovered, he had about $7 million stored neatly around his home. According to the coroner, Samaszko had been dead for at least a month, dying of heart problems. Cleanup crews found boxes of gold in the garage, at which point, "we took the house apart,” said Carson City clerk-recorder Alan Glover. As for who can lay claim to the riches -- Glover said the IRS will take $750,000 -- and that the rest will likely go to a first cousin.

Key Disclosure Laws Can Be Used To Confiscate Bitcoin Assets - Forbes

roryn3kids — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:12:12 +0000

Jail time for refusing to comply with mandatory key disclosure hasn’t occurred in the United States yet. But, it’s already happening in jurisdictions such as the UK, where a 33-year-old man was incarcerated for refusing to turn over his decryption keys and a youth was jailed for not disclosing a 50-character encryption password to authorities.

Bitcoin Conference London 2012

Mattfree88 — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:15:01 +0000

Bitcoin Conference London 2012

15-16 September, London

Call For Papers is now open: email proposals to genjix@bitcoin2012.com

After months of planning we are glad to announce we will be holding the Bitcoin Conference in London. The first conference was held by Mitchell Bourne in association with us. He set an amazing standard, showed us the ropes and bestowed us with considerable experience. This year he will be taking a diminished role as we take over the chariot. We hope to live up to the high standard he set last year.