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That'll go over well with Germans. Cold dead hands, prying, and whatever. Good luck.
I never had a cheque book in Germany.
First line in the article: > The EU continues its fight to protect EU citizens and the EU's financial system against money laundering and terrorist financing. The EU has control of the propaganda machine at levels comparable to the Soviet Union. We should've just let them have it. I wonder how many Europeans are going to get in this thread to tell us Americans how much more privacy they have.
European here. The EU can go to hell and I long for the day when the union will finally implode.
This one kinda makes sense to me. Can't really think of any good legitimate use cases for large amounts of cash. Closest I can think of say a bar or something similarly cash heavy getting cash and paying suppliers directly. (which is in itself problematic @ tax)
Here is an easy one. Paying for food when there are power outages.
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Tax levels are high and tax are being collected. Governments aren't short of money because of tax evasion. Tax evasion is not a top priority however you look at it... the argument sounds like "but think of the children" to justify things that are actually motivated by other aims and/or ideological reasons.
My country loses about €32 billions in yearly income due to tax evasion. That's the amount of money that could change many lives if used right. Instead we're cutting benefits to the poor bto reduce our deficit. Tax evasion is a top priority.
Capital controls are one of the elements of financial repression. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_repression
I think this quote from Paulo Freire is pertinent
> The former oppressors do not feel liberated [once the people with less power than them are given more]. On the contrary, they genuinely consider themselves to be oppressed. Conditioned by the experience of oppressing others, any situation other than their former seems to them like oppression. Formerly, they could eat, dress, wear shoes, be educated, travel, and hear Beethoven; while millions did not eat, had no clothes or shoes, neither studied nor travelled, much less listened to Beethoven. Any restriction on this way of life, in the name of the rights of the community, appears to the former oppressors as a profound violation of their individual rights – although they had no respect for the millions who suffered and died of hunger, pain, sorrow, and despair. For the oppressors, 'human beings' refers only to themselves; other people are 'things'.
I know someone in England who paid for their houses construction by going to an ATM and maxing out the cash withdrawal per card, putting the cash in a bin bag, and giving it to the builders on a daily basis. I don't believe it'd be realistically possible to stop this from occurring.
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European here. The EU can go to hell and I long for the day when the union will finally implode.
EU citizen here. You are not representative. The EU is an incredible boon to civil rights, national wealth and our consumer protections are enviable.
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EU citizen here. You are not representative. The EU is an incredible boon to civil rights, national wealth and our consumer protections are enviable.
The EU is a boon for the mercantile class. It's by design... ;-)
its always to fight corruption and trafficing right?
I'm pretty sure a big goal is to fight tax evasion. I can't speak for all of EU, but here in Austria tax evasion is very common. For example, it's still extremely common to pay contractors under the table. They will ask you if you need an invoice, and the price will be a lot lower if you don't. Another example are restaurants. For a few years it has been required that restaurants always provide you with a receipt, bu…
I know someone in England who paid for their houses construction by going to an ATM and maxing out the cash withdrawal per card, putting the cash in a bin bag, and giving it to the builders on a daily basis. I don't believe it'd be realistically possible to stop this from occurring.