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Scott Conger, Mayor of Jackson City Plans To Accept Bitcoin For Tax Payments And Consider BTC As Fix For Inflation

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Scott Conger, Mayor of Jackson (City of Tennessee State), is determined to make Jackson a major crypto hub.

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Mayor Scott Conger announced Friday that Jackson, Tennessee eighth largest city, will allow citizens to pay property taxes using bitcoin.

He said:

“Our blockchain task force is looking into how the City of JacksonTN can accept property tax payments in bitcoin and allow our employees to DCA in Bitcoin.”

 

A blockchain task force will also calculate the dollar-cost average of BTC.

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Mayor Scott Conger also tweeted his concerns over the falling dollar value, increasing inflation and accepting BTC as fix for Inflation.

“Why do we accept inflation? Why donโ€™t we demand more from our federal government? 6.3% in 2 years. 172.8% in my lifetime. Every year our dollar is worth less. There is no rebound. There is only 1 fix for this. Bitcoin.”

 

Conger announced his plans to integrate Bitcoin into Jackson’s economy back in April.ย Conger also created a task force on blockchain in April.

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Conger followed Francis Suarez (the mayor of Miami), who presented a proposal to collect taxes and pay municipal workers in bitcoins earlier in the year.

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Recently Senator, Cynthia Lummis from Miami called Bitcoin Is Great For Retirement And Long-Term Savings. (Read More).



Senator, Cynthia Lummis also Invited Bitcoin Miners, Saying Donโ€™t Judge Bitcoin Mining As Energy Bad. (Read More).

She said:

โ€œDONโ€™T JUDGE BITCOIN MINING AS AN ENERGY BAD GUY, THEREโ€™S A LOT OF INNOVATION GOING ON THAT PROVES OTHERWISE.โ€

The Senator tweeted:

โ€œIF YOU ARE IN THEย BITCOINย MININGย SPACE, PLEASE REACH OUT. WE WANT YOU IN WYOMINGโ€.

Other than Tennessee and Florida, Texas as well as Wyoming are trying to become major crypto hubs.

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