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Unlike the President’s announcement, this is taxpayer money.

• quantified 2y ago
  In what way is the President not referring to taxpayer's money? All revenues and seizures really ought to be considered "the taxpayer's".
  • ttyprintk 2y ago
    Not many people think that way. Taxpayer money implies boring workaday revenue “appropriated” by the legislature. What they do with one budget has a reasonable chance to also land in the next. The Federal strategic Bitcoin reserve is supposedly formed from FBI seizures. It might be touchable by the judicial branch (returned to a person) and there’s no guarantee how much more the FBI will add. These are different kinds of money. People who want more of the first kind are usually elected and must face voters about the wisdom of taxation. People who want more of the second don’t set any tax rates and directly benefit when more crimes are caught, however those crimes manifest.