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Re:Fed “digital dollars” are part of debate over coronavirus... by SllX on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:07PM (#22681344)
Why can’t we just keep cash and when we issue cash, we issue cash whether that’s an envelope of bills, or a direct deposit?
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Re:Fed “digital dollars” are part of debate over coronavirus... by warent on Tuesday March 24, 2020 @10:09PM (#22681359)
Agree with this. Humans/civilians are not government employees or public entities just by being alive. I'm probably not as big of an advocate for privacy as many of my peers, but trying to keep a public spending ledger of individual people is crossing a line.
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Re:Fed “digital dollars” are part of debate over coronavirus... by mycall on Saturday March 28, 2020 @05:00PM (#22714299)
There isn't enough cash to do that.
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