Holy cow! The DoJ said the quiet part out loud...
"[They] argued that confiscating $50,000 from a small business did not infringe the business' right to private property because money is not property."
Do you need a better reason for using #bitcoin?
https://reason.com/2025/01/31/the-government-says-money-isnt-property-so-it-can-take-yours/
From the article:
The DOJ gave three rationales for the argument, all packed into a doorstopper of a footnote: (1) the government creates money, so you can't own it; (2) the government can tax your money, so you don't own it; and (3) the Constitution allows the government to spend money for the "general welfare."
From the court adjudication:
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.255899/gov.uscourts.dcd.255899.18.0.pdf
