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Re:US Digital Currency by fra on Thursday May 10, 2018 @03:52PM (#17042383)
Which cash savings? The median savings for a US family is ~$5000. What you're really saying is "it inconveniences the rich".
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Re:US Digital Currency by kenpomeroy on Thursday May 10, 2018 @06:21PM (#17043446)
Inflation hurts the poor far more than the rich. Rich people invest their money rather than simply holding cash and losing value through inflation. Poor people have no choice but to keep their money in cash. Also, wage increases are often much slower than the rate of inflation.
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Re:US Digital Currency by atarola on Thursday May 10, 2018 @07:24PM (#17043749)
Poor people don't keep cash, they spend it on living expenses almost immediately.
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