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title: "Richard Stallman and the folks at the GNU Foundation do a lot of good…"
date: 2016-12-28
source: facebook
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# Richard Stallman and the folks at the GNU Foundation do a lot of good…

*December 28, 2016 · Facebook*

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[https://taler.net/](https://taler.net/){target="_blank"}
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Richard Stallman and the folks at the GNU Foundation do a lot of good work. However, they share a strong authoritarian bias. This is their hilarious attempt to create a cryptocurrency designed to ensure tax compliance\
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\"One of the key goals of Taler is to provide anonymity for citizens buying goods and services, while ensuring that the state can observe incoming transactions to ensure businesses engage only in legal activities and do not evade taxes (such as income tax, sales tax or value-added tax). However, we also want to stay out of the immediate personal domain, so sharing funds within a family or copying coins between devices should not be subject to monitoring by the state.\"
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