shawn on Nostr: “They claimed that fiat currency is a legal fiction that the government can as ...
“They claimed that fiat currency is a legal fiction that the government can as easily destroy as create.”
quoting note10gj…utakhttps://reason.com/2025/01/31/the-government-says-money-isnt-property-so-it-can-take-yours/
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."
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