Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
by tagami on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @09:45PM
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Yeah it’s inefficient, but that “deadweight loss” gives you the common infrastructure required for a modern society (roads, police, fire, et al)
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Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
by tengbretson on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @10:42PM
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In the US nearly all of your examples of what we get in return are funded by sales and property taxes
Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
by HideousKojima on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:30AM
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Specifically, roughly 70% of the federal budget is spent on the military, social security, medicare, and medicaid.
Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
by stuxnet on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @11:00PM
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Not to mention a gigantic military budget including all the alphabet agencies... all funded by that inefficiency.
Re:Britain being forced to go cashless 'against its will'
by f7ebc20c97 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @06:20PM
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Perhaps there is a way to pay for these things besides taxes? Unthinkable!