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White House to propose Digital Asset Mining Energy tax.

This violates the First Amendment by imposing economic burdens borne disproportionately by publishers (miners) by taxing products consumed in the production of a publication.

I made [this argument](https://www.bitcoinbrief.io/bitcoin-mining-first-amendment/) last summer regarding the NY moratorium:

https://news.yahoo.com/biden-proposes-30-climate-change-tax-on-cryptocurrency-mining-120033242.html

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Aaron Daniel 2y ago

"But revenue isn’t the point, according to the CEA, which writes in its forthcoming post that 'the primary goal of the DAME tax is to start having crypto miners pay their fair share of the costs imposed on local communities and the environment.'"

Pain is the point with this mining tax.