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Re:Open Source Visa/Mastercard Competitor: Zenobia Pay by SJC_Hacker on Thursday August 14, 2025 @03:30AM (#44897718)
Yet the US government can refuse payments in cash

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/03/2017-21...

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Re:Open Source Visa/Mastercard Competitor: Zenobia Pay by ceejayoz on Thursday August 14, 2025 @03:55AM (#44897892)
Yes. Because a patent filing fee is not a debt.

(And because government can exempt itself from virtually anything not forbidden by the Constitution. This is why cops can break down your door, but I can't.)

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