GM, it was all supposed to be temporary. - Your income is taxed. - Your money is taxed w/ inflation. - Then you pay sales tax with taxed income debased by inflation tax. - Then you pay carbon tax on the sales tax with taxed income that was debased by inflation tax. - Then you sell something and pay capital gains tax on something you bought with taxed income that was debased by inflation tax. - Then you die and your family pays taxes on all the things you bought with debased taxed income and capital gains tax. And people ask why is it that I can't make ends meet? Buy bitcoin.