You always hear how if something’s free, you’re the product. Nostr just turned that paradigm on its head!
I am in no way defending the IRS, the US govt or the financial system we live under. You are correct that these brackets are not automatically adjusted to track inflation (even though we don’t have a good measure of inflation). But the IRS does routinely adjust the brackets upwards to account for rising incomes. For instance from 2022 to 2023 the IRS arbitrarily increased the brackets by 7%, in addition to raising the standard deduction.
I don’t believe the IRS will be so foolish to keep raising taxes (via not increasing brackets) on a population that is already being squeezed from every other direction. This will encourage taxpayers especially higher earning tax payers to look at other tax jurisdictions. The more tax flight there is from the country the quicker we default.
Good for thought: isn’t it interesting we are at decade low tax rates since the inception of income taxes at the same time our country has amassed a great burden of debt.
Shorting Bitcoin price is fiat suicide #plebchain
Lol, some people are clueless about what Bitcoin and Nostr mean for the broader world.
Nostr is an open protocol and this person (although ignorant) could run their own client and relay to only allow for certain types of traffic. They could also allow for all types of crypto before they all go to zero.
#bitcoin #freeandopensource
People are too pessimistic. We just went through the century of war with two world wars. We centralized control of money and power to a select few in society. Numerous nation states collapsed. We created a surveillance state worse than most theorized… and yet, it was still the most productive century on the planet. We consume more energy per person than ever, we have more access to information than ever, we have advanced beyond belief in our technological achievements.
Even if we repeat a century of war. 100 years from now will be impossibly better. Bitcoin, Nostr, and encryption are just a couple of the technological improvements that will reign in a better tomorrow.
#brightorangefuture #nostr #plebchain
I’ve received 3 zaps denominated in 69 sats. You mischievous bitcoiners #plebchain
Thanks for realizing it’s a neopet! Someone recently called my screen name and icon a funny bird thing. Neopoints where the first shitcoin I ever owned, had to pay homage. Bitcoin only now.
#plebchain
Red party and blue party are true shitcoins. They both live off stolen money via taxes/inflation and somehow still receive donations. Do those donors know these shitcoins can’t go up in value like those other unregistered securites?
#plebchain
Who else has found that there interest in politics has plummeted since learning about Bitcoin? #plebchain
That’s one of the first things I did. It’s super easy when you have a dozen or so wallets on your phone. Gotta test ‘em all
Bitcoin is distributed Truth. An unbroken history of irrefutable fact. #plebchain
After using lightning to zap money around it feels like pulling teeth putting credit card information in to buy things on the internet.
I can’t wait till I can zap my barista for my coffee, or zap Amazon to send me anything and everything.
#plebchain
No return necessary!
#zap
Says you don’t have enough inbound capacity.
Sent one more from different wallet lol
Where the heck are those zaps zapping to haha, double check the LNURL attached to your account
Using Damus on phone, will check on snort later
Don’t see the lightning bolt doesn’t show up on your profile.
Send an invoice
Double check, sats are leaving my wallet.