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Re:Paper Money with an Expiration Date by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:50PM (#24122467)
>when did "saving" become "hoarding"?

The systemic vaulting of fungibles (in the amount of scores of multiples beyond reasonable needs) may result in the same outcomes as hoarding does.

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Re:Paper Money with an Expiration Date by tharne on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @01:14PM (#24122811)
I don't think any one of us is in an intellectual or moral position to dictate what another person's "reasonable needs" are.
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Re:Paper Money with an Expiration Date by WarOnPrivacy on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @06:10PM (#24126620)
Ah. Trying to leverage a tangent into a tool to invalidate the overall point on a technicality.

A bold move.

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