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TomCADem

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12. It Is Good Thing That Congress Has Access to Staffers...
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 11:20 AM
Aug 2021

…and agencies that are filled with experts, because the idea that only members of Congress who are bankers should write banking legislation or that oil executives should write oil industry regulations is as silly as saying that we should rely on the crypto industry to regulate itself.

how bout a one cent tax on every stock/securities transaction nt msongs Jul 2021 #1
Why not just outlaw crypto? TomCADem Jul 2021 #2
Yeah no Polybius Jul 2021 #4
Meh. It Crypto Is More Useless than Tulips, Iomega, Gamestop, Etc. TomCADem Aug 2021 #6
You don't buy things with it Polybius Aug 2021 #23
Agree TheFarseer Aug 2021 #24
It's about time.... paleotn Jul 2021 #3
Bitcoins are like Beanie Babies... Mawspam2 Jul 2021 #5
Powell is late to the game so Congress is behind without adequate knowledge bucolic_frolic Aug 2021 #7
And DU once again shocks me by how they don't understand Crypto... JCMach1 Aug 2021 #8
+1000 Thyla Aug 2021 #9
We could dream, but the anti-Crypto crowd is pretty toxic JCMach1 Aug 2021 #13
Agreed Thyla Aug 2021 #19
TED Talk: The Money Flower and why Bitcoin is a ponzi scheme TomCADem Aug 2021 #21
It's about the blockchain JCMach1 Aug 2021 #26
Great. Encryption. So, what function does it serve? TomCADem Aug 2021 #29
I Think Bernie Madoff Said The Same Thing TomCADem Aug 2021 #11
A 30 second Google attempt would answer those questions... JCMach1 Aug 2021 #14
Correct. Google Crypto and Ponzi and you get 100s of results TomCADem Aug 2021 #16
This is when my antennae go up when someone on DU starts spouting JCMach1 Aug 2021 #27
Pro-Regulation Paul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini are right wing? Learn something new everyday. TomCADem Aug 2021 #28
Bills should never be written by people that don't understand what they are putting on .. Thyla Aug 2021 #10
It Is Good Thing That Congress Has Access to Staffers... TomCADem Aug 2021 #12
Classic case of ignorant overreach on regulation for bleeding edge tech JCMach1 Aug 2021 #15
Are you arguing that industries should just regulate themselves? TomCADem Aug 2021 #17
Meh Thyla Aug 2021 #18
Same Deregulation Arguments Are Made All the Time TomCADem Aug 2021 #20
Why would anyone invest in "currency" that's not Deminpenn Aug 2021 #22
I want to hear more about TheFarseer Aug 2021 #25
Locking JudyM Aug 2021 #30
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