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Gov't to launch smartphone-based rewards program to soften tax impact

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I trust this as much as I trust the 7/11 Payment System. We all know how that worked out. Just what we need is our MyNumbers stolen. No thanks. I will cotinue to use cash/U.S. Bank Cards.

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Cool. Once your My Number is registered on your phone, the government will know everything you buy using your phone.

That's one reason why I don't have a smartphone.

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No thanks.

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Ridiculous. It's like that this country just likes to make things complicated for the all sake to annoy people. And don't even get me started with using the My Number thing.....

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Considering you aren't supposed to really share your 'My Number' with anyone, there's a whole lot of My Number sharing starting to creep in.

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Of course they’re doing this because they have our best interests at heart, not because they’re hoping to extend the surveillance state via the back door, right?

Huge sound of collective raspberry being blown in their general direction.

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It's a trap. More govt tracking.

More govt spending means more taxes.

It's a trap.

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The government is considering providing 5,000 yen worth of points to spend at stores across Japan to consumers who load 20,000 yen in their account

That's a good 25% profit! People would just use the points and withdraw their money.

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