我拒绝向埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）的政府缴税。这就是原因。

如果您要问一个有我个性的人如何与同一个人结婚近25年，我会指向这种交流

As someone with my personality, it's hard to believe I've been married to the same person for almost 25 years. But last night, I had an exchange with Secret Service that might help explain it.

作为我个性的人，很难相信我已经与同一个人结婚已有近25年了。但是昨晚，我与特勤局进行了交流，可能有助于解释它。

ME: “We are NOT paying taxes to Elon Effing Musk this year. I refuse. Pay in our own meme coins instead.”

我：“我们今年没有向Elon缴税。我拒绝。用我们自己的模因硬币付款。”

HE: “Well, we could make up our own money and pay with that.”

他：“好吧，我们可以赚钱并用这笔钱付款。”

If you're not familiar with cryptocurrency, also known as "made up money," let me first congratulate you. But you may not get my husband's quip.

如果您不熟悉加密货币，也称为“弥补”，请首先祝贺您。但是你可能不会得到我丈夫的讽刺。

Here's the definition of crypto from the Reserve Bank of Australia:

这是澳大利亚储备银行的加密定义：

Cryptocurrencies are digital tokens. They are a type of digital currency that allows people to make payments directly to each other through an online system. Cryptocurrencies have no legislated or intrinsic value; they are simply worth what people are willing to pay for them in the market.

加密货币是数字令牌。它们是一种数字货币，允许人们通过在线系统直接互相付款。加密货币没有立法或内在价值；他们只是值得人们愿意在市场上为他们支付的费用。

Think of it as an old-fashioned Swiss Bank that doesn’t exist, then add stockbrokers who are smoking a lot of meth. That’s crypto.

可以将其视为一家不存在的老式瑞士银行，然后添加吸烟的股票经纪人。那是加密。

Also of note: there’s no way to consistently regulate crypto, because different regions and nations have different rules surrounding it.

还要注意：无法始终如一地调节加密货币，因为不同的地区和国家对其有不同的规则。

Meme coins are even worse. From Investopedia:

模因硬币甚至更糟。来自Investopedia：

A meme coin is a cryptocurrency named after characters, individuals, animals, artwork, or anything else in an attempt to be humorous, light-hearted, and attract a user base by promising a fun community.

模因硬币是一种以角色，个人，动物，艺术品或其他任何东西命名的加密货币，试图通过承诺一个有趣的社区来吸引幽默，轻松愉快，并吸引用户群。

Ridiculous, right?

荒谬，对吧？

Just before he was sworn into office, President Trump rolled out his own meme coin. It made over a hundred million dollars in trading fees. Even after the stock fell in price by half, it made him billions of dollars.

在他宣誓就职之前，特朗普总统推出了自己的模因硬币。它赚了超过一亿美元的交易费。即使股票价格下降了一半，这也使他赚了数十亿美元。

Seven or eight years ago, I made a bit of money with crypto. I have always been fond of the underworld, and I understand the investing principle of “buy low, sell high.”

七八年前，我用加密货币赚了一点钱。我一直都喜欢黑社会，我了解“低购买，卖高”的投资原则。

I made most of my money on something called blockchain, which powers cryptocurrency.

我将大部分资金赚钱在称为区块链的东西上，这为加密货币提供动力。

Blockchain became so hot, an iced tea company added “blockchain” to their logo so it would sell more.

区块链变得如此热，一家冰茶公司在其徽标上增加了“区块链”，因此它将销售更多。

Their stock price went up 200%.

他们的股价上涨了200％。

This is telling. It lets you in on something about investing in crypto, although honestly the same thing occurs with the regular stock market. Once a stock starts skyrocketing, investors might purchase it with little knowledge or care about what they’re buying.

这是说明的。它使您可以了解对加密货币的投资，尽管老实说，常规股市也发生了同样的事情。一旦股票开始飞涨，投资者可能会在购买商品购买的商品中购买商品。

The reason I made money on blockchain isn’t because I’m an expert on cryptocurrency, but because I understand human nature.

我在区块链上赚钱的原因不是因为我是加密货币的专家，而是因为我了解人性。

It takes a lot of energy, this cryptocurrency thing. It’s terrible for the environment. At the time I was unaware.

这需要大量的能量，这种加密货币。对于环境来说是可怕的。当时我没有意识到。

Turns out I was unaware of quite a bit, and at this point I sincerely wish I were still unaware. When I think about the razor’s edge on which our nation is perched, it is impossible not to feel terror.

事实证明，我没有意识到很多，在这一点上，我真诚地希望自己仍然没有意识到。当我想到我们国家栖息的剃刀边缘时，不可能不感到恐怖。

But listen, people. Now is not the time for learned helplessness. We need each other, because we the people need to take some action.

但是听着，人们。现在不是学习无助的时间。我们需要彼此，因为我们需要采取一些行动。

Perhaps the action is a collective refusal to fund Elon Musk’s government.

也许这项行动是集体拒绝为埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）政府提供资金。

Shortly after the election in November, President Trump announced that there was going to be a Department of Government Efficiency, overseen by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Ramaswamy has since bowed out, leaving Musk alone in charge. The department was to oversee the reduction of waste in federal funds.

十一月大选后不久，特朗普总统宣布将由埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）和维维克·拉马斯（Vivek Ramaswamy）监督政府效率部门。此后，拉马斯瓦米（Ramaswamy）屈服了，让马斯克独自一人负责。该部门将监督减少联邦资金中的废物。

Its acronym is DOGE, which is also the name of Musk’s favorite meme coin.

它的首字母缩写是Doge，这也是Musk最喜欢的Meme Coin的名字。

There’s a cute dog as DOGE’s mascot. The most popular meme coins tend to have catchy artwork.

Doge的吉祥物有一只可爱的狗。最受欢迎的模因硬币往往具有吸引人的艺术品。

If you are my age or older you may begin to hear strains of The Twilight Zone theme, but here we are, folks. I didn’t make it up. Sadly, these are facts.

如果您年龄或以上，您可能会开始听到暮光区主题的压力，但是我们在这里，伙计们。我没有弥补。可悲的是，这些都是事实。

The good news: anyone can make a meme coin. You can, I can, we can all make up our own imaginary money. It won’t be worth anything unless people buy it, but we can make it, maybe it will strike the fancy of someone, and we’ll get rich.

好消息：任何人都可以制作模因硬币。我可以，我们都可以弥补自己的想象资金。除非人们购买，否则我们可以做到这一点，但也许会打动某人的幻想，我们会致富。

Here’s a link to instructions for doing so.

这是指示这样做的指示的链接。

When I told Secret Service I didn’t want to pay taxes to Musk, this is the joke. We can pay in our own meme coins.

当我告诉特勤局时，我不想向马斯克缴税，这是开玩笑。我们可以用自己的模因硬币付款。

I think it’s a brilliant idea. I worry that I’ll cave out of fear and end up paying. This way I can pay Elon’s way.

我认为这是一个绝妙的主意。我担心我会出于恐惧而陷入困境，并最终付钱。这样，我可以支付埃隆的方式。

Fake money for his fake government.

为他的假政府伪造钱。

It’s exhausting. All of it.

这很累。所有这些。

But here’s something I feel with certainty. The federal government as we know it doesn’t exist anymore. It would be unethical for me to put money into a system that no longer supports democracy.

但这是我确定的东西。我们知道，联邦政府不再存在。对于我来说，将钱投入不再支持民主的制度对我来说是不道德的。

Trump just made Musk a special government employee. There is absolutely nothing stopping Musk from putting our Social Security money in Trump

特朗普刚刚使马斯克成为特殊的政府雇员。绝对没有什么可以阻止马斯克将我们的社会保障资金投入特朗普