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Canadians are very united politically now that they made a mistake linking too closely to the USA, and that the USA has proven a completely unreliable ally. They will make new bonds and won't make that mistake again to the permanent cost of the USA. So stupid! A massive own goal and only one example of Trumpist self damage among so many already.

Trump is the opposite of perfect. He has made CANADA our enemy for Chrissakes! The damage he has already done is very long lasting and may take generations to repair (or more likely never).

I assume still classed as an asset not a currency by the IRS so I'm not really considering.

Yeah, that's how I see it. For now, for Americans, it's for SPECULATION. Just another choice for that.

That number is a big lie. The maga cult believes any garbage out their cult leader's pie hole. Pathetic.

Well there is that expat beach resort bitcoin paradise that they created. Living in El Salvador doesn't interest me but if you're talking about the crime, that has been drastically reduced by their authoritarian dictator president. To me, Panama seems the most desirable expat choice in Central America, bitcoin or not.

I wasn't referring to it being accepted. There is something I want to pay that accepts it. My beef is that making any and all purchases of any kind including a flippin' cup of coffee is a TAXABLE EVENT! That is totally insane. With the confusion about Thailand taxation for expat remittances, now more than ever, I'm looking to SIMPLIFY my tax situation, not making it more complicated.

Adding to the current situation for Americans which is where we are NOW, my understanding is that the entire bitcoin thing was founded to be something OUTSIDE the system. Kind of a libertarian kind of thing. But for Americans right now it is actually WORSE than the standard payment options. Like I said I was looking into it mainly as a payment option. It totally sucks for that for Americans NOW.

That's a big if.

I'm putting this in the U.S. section because of the U.S. tax situation with bitcoin. I don't know how other countries deal with it. My understanding is that Thailand has some kind of temporary freeze on bitcoin taxation but that's a separate issue. Anyway, I've been one of those admittedly "OK boomer" bitcoin is like the tulip bulb craze and it's something that has no inherent value. So I have had no interest in getting into it all. However, recently I have a situation where I am having trouble paying for something in the normal ways and bitcoin is an option. So I thought well might as well look a bit into putting a little money into this just for "fun" and as a payment option. Then I learned this. In the U.S. tax system bitcoin is NOT a currency but rather an asset and it's taxed as such. So for example I buy a coffee with it that's a taxable event (with a cost basis and profit or loss). Filing US taxes they ask if you have any bitcoin. Once you say yes you're in that system. Even Thailand based bitcoin exchanges report to the IRS. So other than only as pure speculation like buying gold or a stock, practically speaking, what is bitcoin good for? I'm not really interested in speculating on it so for the time being I'm back to my luddite position on bitcoin.

Much more like throwing chocolate cake at the wall. To add, there is very little chance this proposal will actually pass. But the maga suckers will feel as if they have banked the magical Trump bucks the same the as the non-exist Doge fantasy money. Pathetic.

Classic Trumpist buffoonery. Create a crisis. The tariffs fiasco. "Solve" the crisis that you created a liddle (sic) bit. The maga cult suckers will love it.

Yes, such facts exist. You're obviously living in a maga cult bubble. Impossible to seriously engage with anyone who doesn't acknowledge basic FACTS.

Reverse Robin Hood. Trump's 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' Is 'The Largest Redistribution From Poor To Rich In American History,' Says Economist Justin Wolfers Amid Tax Cuts, Spending Slashes And Tariffs According to Economist Justin Wolfers, the tax, tariff, and budget policies of the Trump administration are creating one of the most lopsided transfers of wealth in U.S. history. “Trump’s tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich,” he says, referring to the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), would result in a 4% increase in resources for households in the highest decile by 2027, and a 2% decline for those at the lowest. Wolfers adds that the spending cuts are primarily targeted at the poor, such as the stripping of 3.2 million people from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food stamp program, aimed at cutting $295 billion in spending over the next decade.

Do you think JFK would have supported shaking down the poor to help the rich as Trump has done?

Again. FACT. Russia DID work to help Trump get elected in all three elections. You can try to erase history and you might succeed but the fact remains.

That's a lie. You are SHAMELESS.

OK, so I watched the movie Mr. Burton set in WW2 era Wales completely blind. I hadn't read any review and I didn't even know who the story was about. So I won't even post the trailer as that would give a lot away if you want the same experience. I happened to really enjoy it.

You'se lost the plot.

Times change, dearie.

I'm not sure what "lie" you're talking about. All I'm saying is that it is FACT that Russia did try to help Trump get elected in all three elections. Not that there was collusion as that wasn't proven. Not that Russia's efforts changed election results (impossible to really know). Russia ramping up election meddling efforts to aid Trump www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/09/06/russia-election-interference-trump-harris/75103824007/ Russia ramping up election-meddling efforts to help Trump beat Harris, intel officials say

Not in the slightest. It's impossible to have a real discussion with people that don't accept basic well documented FACTS.

What was a fake? I'll ask you this -- do YOU actually believe that Russia did not try to help Trump in all three elections? Yes or no? If you don't accept such a basic fact, you have NO CREDIBILITY to even discuss this.

So you actually believe that Russia did NOT work to help Trump? It can't even process how anyone following this issue doesn't know that it's a FACT that they did. We really have nothing to say to each other. A game the maga fascists play (so cynical) is to twist the fact that collusion wasn't proven (it was not proven, that's true) and expand that into the BIG LIE that Russia did not try to help.

Politics for people like you is at the comic book level. You can't be taken at all seriously.