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2022-04-02 Government Corruption
Elizabeth Warren Calls for U.S. to Launch Central Bank Digital Currency
[Breitbart] Appearing Thursday on NBC News, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) called for the United States government to create a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), which some longtime crypto proponents warn could be used to surveil citizens.

A transcript is as follows:

CHUCK TODD: Are you there [on creating a Central Bank Digital Currency]?

SEN. ELIZABETH WARREN: Oh, for a Central Bank Digital Currency? Yes. I think it’s time for us to move in that direction.

TODD: Whenever you look at every piece of paper currency we issue, not with coins, but paper, has its own identity. So essentially, we’re prepared for the blockchain now. Should that be how we build this?

SEN. WARREN: I think of it was what’s the problem we’re trying to solve and if the problem you’re trying to solve is fast, almost frictionless ability to send money across country and the world, a Central Bank Digital Currency does that. You don’t need a stablecoin for that.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-02 01:15|| || Front Page|| [11142 views ]  Top

#1 The dollar conversion will be painful at first, that is if you have any remaining dollars to convert. It really is for the greater global good. In this particular case, a more equitable solution really does justify the means. You'll see.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-04-02 01:24||   2022-04-02 01:24|| Front Page Top

#2 They have lot's of brilliant plans, mostly centered on taking everything you have. Don't worry if you are a billionaire though. None of these plans apply to their donors. Bernie is a liar if he says the uniparty will attack their donors.
Posted by Helmuth, Speaking for Thromons3612 2022-04-02 02:54||   2022-04-02 02:54|| Front Page Top

#3 And let’s put in safe guards like having the encryption keys and passwords stored in Humper Biden’s laptop, put the congressional Pakistani Brothers in charge of cyber security and whomever is the world leader in charge of the central digital currency let us ensure they are selected based on Race, Sexuality, and ideology.
Posted by Airandee 2022-04-02 06:17||   2022-04-02 06:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Or, exactly how you will own nothing because in DC speak if it's all electric, it's all theirs.
Posted by Cesare 2022-04-02 08:16||   2022-04-02 08:16|| Front Page Top

#5 
Once digital, then DC can turn ON or OFF a person's wealth/income... based on whatever issues they decide or deem.

Some have asked ...What if we went back to a Gold Standard backed dollar, plus other such rare metals?

At the last audit, the US Treasury claimed 261,498,926.241 Troy OZ of Gold in its vaults.
Gold, which was selling for about $1,928.00 per troy oz at COB yesterday.

If the USA went back to a Gold Standard?
The US dollar would be backed by only about $504.1 +/- Billion in Gold Reserves.

Notes:
DC has a purposed Federal budget of about 10 times that for 2023.
DC has run up a national debt of about 60 times our Gold worth and 5 times the annual collected tax revenues.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-02 08:55||   2022-04-02 08:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Oh joy! More government control over my money and the ability to shut it off at will if I don't be a good little robot!!!

Fuck you assholes.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-04-02 10:43||   2022-04-02 10:43|| Front Page Top

#7 The Godverment in charge of your assets and you say what can go wrong? OK, my sister's gay friend (who has a black partner) owns several VRBOs as his livelihood. The max occupancy on the posting is 4 people. VRBO rents it and 10 people check in which the owner sees this on the outside video and calls the renter, who lies about it. He tells them to leave. They eventually do, but immediately complain to VRBO that they were told to leave because they are black. VRBO shuts down all of his account pending an investigation. How does one prove they are not racist. It took weeks to resolve. Thousands of dollars lost.
Do you really believe this can't happen with the leftists in Washington if they had the keys to your assets? Look what the little tyrant in Canada did to protesters.
Posted by jack salami 2022-04-02 10:57||   2022-04-02 10:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Do you really want the likes of Elizabeth Warren, Adam "the liar" Schiff, Mitch, Pelosi, and the others controlling *all* of your financing. It's bad enough they can freeze your bank accounts and leave you to starve on a whim as they did on Canada.
"Oh your retirement's too big so we'll going to take 80% of what you worked your ass off for and sacrificed for and give it to some poor slobs who wasted their lives on hookers and booze".
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-04-02 11:12||   2022-04-02 11:12|| Front Page Top

#9 The globalists have a lot of great ideas for everyone but themselves (sarc). You don't want to give up dollar dominance. It will not make for a better country or world. Warning! Morons, crazy people and crooks at the helm.
Posted by JohnQC 2022-04-02 11:35||   2022-04-02 11:35|| Front Page Top

#10 #7 ... Hope they sued the lying rentors.
Posted by NN2N1 2022-04-02 11:39||   2022-04-02 11:39|| Front Page Top

#11 Is this something like the e-rupi?
Posted by Dron66046 2022-04-02 11:50||   2022-04-02 11:50|| Front Page Top

#12 Would this be in the Trudeau model, or the Cohaagen?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-04-02 13:06||   2022-04-02 13:06|| Front Page Top

#13 Not sure how all this would work but I'm wondering how will her cartel buddies launder their ill gotten gains?
Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-04-02 13:37||   2022-04-02 13:37|| Front Page Top

#14 
Posted by Sluse Grealet9429 2022-04-02 13:38||   2022-04-02 13:38|| Front Page Top

#15 I prefer to store my wealth as ammunition. It's always needed, it can get you what you need and best of all, you can recycle it and make NEW ammo from the cases.

Ammo, what can't it do?:p
Posted by Silentbrick 2022-04-02 21:32||   2022-04-02 21:32|| Front Page Top

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