2026-01-20 06:37:45

History shows us something consistently: no temporary tax has ever actually stayed temporary.

Look at any major economy—what started as crisis-era taxation became the new baseline. Policymakers who pitch temporary measures are either delusional about how fiscal systems work, or they're banking on public amnesia.

Once governments have a revenue stream, it calcifies into permanence. That's not ideology, that's institutional incentive structure. Anyone betting their portfolio on "temporary" government intervention is overlooking a centuries-long pattern.

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BlockchainNewbie

· 01-22 20:28

Bro, that's why I never believe in temporary measures... The so-called temporary tax ends up becoming permanent, doesn't it? With the government's greedy attitude, once they get a revenue stream, they can never take it back.

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fork_in_the_road

· 01-22 02:40

Oh man, the government's "temporary" taxes are just like "playing only one round"… they just can't stop, and history is laid out right here.

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ProtocolRebel

· 01-21 02:45

The government's "temporary" tax? Ha, I see this as the beginning of permanence. History has long taught us this lesson repeatedly.

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RooftopVIP

· 01-20 07:06

The government's "temporary" tax? Uh... I don't believe you at all. It's all just deceptive rhetoric.

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AirdropSweaterFan

· 01-20 07:05

Haha, really, the government says it's a temporary tax, like saying "I just want to try it out," but they never delete the account.

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MetaMaskVictim

· 01-20 07:03

This argument is actually a trap; every time the government claims something is temporary, it really turns out to be temporary...

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NewPumpamentals

· 01-20 06:58

Haha, another brother who got caught. Do you really think the government will pay back?

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DaisyUnicorn

· 01-20 06:50

Ha, it's just like those "temporary" emergency parameters in our DeFi governance. Keep tweaking them, and they become permanent configurations. The government's purse is like a smart contract—if there's a vulnerability that can be exploited for money, don't expect it to shut down automatically. History, this flower, has bloomed so many times, and yet people still hope to come up with new tricks...

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