Posted on 03/21/2023 6:46:33 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
While elites around the world – those in political power and in control of top financial institutions – are very much rallying around the plans to introduce central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in Florida, the state's governor has a different take on where things should be headed.
In fact, radically different – Governor Ron DeSantis thinks CBDCs should be banned.
Addressing a press conference from behind a podium that had the words “Big Brother's Digital Dollar” attached to it, DeSantis repeated what critics of the CBDC push keep saying.
And that is, that the centralized form of digital money controlled by governments is basically a powerful surveillance tool, and that this, rather than any convenience it might offer, could be the key reason it is getting so much support from some high places.
But according to the Florida governor, who is rumored to be considering running for president, CBDCs are “all about surveilling Americans and controlling behavior of Americans.”
Should the Fed issue such a currency in the US, that will mean the federal government will acquire even more power. And what power the central authorities already have is not producing great effects for consumers, DeSantis suggested, mentioning high inflation, key policy rate hikes, and “pressure on banks.”
And with a CBDC, the government – which he essentially accuses of unscrupulous hunger for control over society in order to impose its agendas – would be given “a direct view of all consumer activities.”
In order to prevent this scenario playing out in Florida, the governor urged the state's lawmakers to make sure the Uniform Commercial Code cannot be changed to adopt a US, or a foreign-issued CBDC.
According to DeSantis, Texas is already considering taking similar action, and he called on other states who hold similar positions to also use their Code to ban CBDCs.
DeSantis was unimpressed with what the Fed said would be benefits of a digital dollar, such as providing services to “the underbanked,” and also, “saving” the environment. But he did warn of how things are playing out in those countries that have already introduced this form of digital money, such as Bahamas, Nigeria, and China.
The latter, the governor said, uses the digital yuan “to monitor citizen behavior allowing for the surveillance of spending habits and to cut off access to goods and services.”
Wrong. Trump only lost swing states by a few thousand votes
Trump is quite popular in red states especially Florida. DeSantis did not campaign for him coz it was not needed.
The last republican prez locked us down and gave big pharma billions. To ensure perpetual tyranny… he gave us mail in ballots too.
AT least 6 MILLION Americans have no bank accounts.
He just recently said the Ukraine war was not our fight and that Zelensky shouldn’t be given a blank check. No other Republican except Trump and Tucker Carlson have taken that stand. DeSantis is backing the Washington Republican establishment on this issue. That’s a major departure from current Republican orthodoxy—e.g., Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and the rest of the crowd.
Trump has been trashing him for weeks, even suggesting he’s homosexual and a pedophile. DeSantis attacked the prosecutor as a Soros stooge and condemned his record in New York allowing criminals to go free as Soros people are doing all across the country. That’s the most significant issue.
DeSantis is under no obligation to defend someone who has contempt for him and who doesn’t hesitate to promote Democrat talking points against a fellow Republican.
And DeSantis is right. Why are all the other Republicans such idiots? You don’t suppose, do you, that theUniparty is on the take from munitions makers....
Meanwhile poor Americans made more poor by no jobs during lockdowns are being denied food benefits to feed their families as grocery prices continue to rise.
JaJa, der globalist Nazis are behind it. Who is taking them on?
“And in 2020, DeSantis helped Trump hold onto Florida while Trump lost in other swing states.
They owe each other nothing politically.”
Bull. Trump won FL with or without DeSantis and you know it. Florida Pubs and many others here love Trump; he lives here for heaven’s sake. FL had the election STOLEN from him in other swing states by the corrupt Dems in key positions in those states. And you know that also.
Whereas DeSantis would have lost in his run for Gov against the socialist Gillum were it not for Trump pulling him over the finish line in both the Pub primary and in the general election for Gov. And you know that also. So either you are lying to yourself or lying to the rest of us, or just plain old lying for the heck of it.
Sorry, but it doesn't matter. DeSantis endorsed and campaigned for Trump in 2020. Then Trump turned around and stabbed DeSantis in the back just before his re-election in 2022.
Don't try to re-write Trump's lack of loyalty to those who were loyal to him.
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