misk

I think you're on some ideological crusade, I'm more into pragmatism.

Seems like your solution costs more than it brings to the budget and all that you're gaining is false sense of privacy.

Have you ever bought a car? You can't do it anonymously, you have to register it.

All of you guys focus on some billionaires, mafia bosses etc but we're talking about 3k/10k EUR limits.

I'm asking how do you audit cash-heavy businesses doing petty tax fraud cost effectively?

3k EUR is not small income.

I'm not even sure what we're trading it for. Illusion of privacy from your own state?

It's an EU-wide thing now I think. Our car shops just say they can lower the price significantly if you pay by cash. Others just play dumb.

How are you going to audit cashless businesses that invoice one price and take another and how much is that going to cost? We're talking about likely widespread issue that needs solving systemically, not with adhoc actions.

Ultra rich should be taxed up to their tits or ears but let's not kid ourselves that 3k/10k EUR limit is going to affect anyone poor.

Ultra rich don't evade taxes, they avoid them via good accountants legally. What this is supposed to prevent is small/medium tax fraud which really adds up.

I wasn't talking about war on drugs, those should be decriminalized anyway.

What I keep seeing in my personal life is car repair shops, medical professionals and other businesses that usually charge a lot and then take cash only. It's obvious why.

Tax evasion and money laundering rob all of us. I don't like that we have to do this but it's a necessary change.

MacOS is relevant to this specific issue. It's an example of an OS that mitigated risk in a way that would be compliant with EU requirements Microsoft is blaming this on.