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AllaN01Bear

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1. i would like to see a redesign of the real dollar and other currencey like in mexico the moneys are

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Jun 12, 2021, 05:50 PM

Jun 2021

a type of plastic and cant be forged . uk has gone that route , i think.

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Fed explores 'once in a century' bid to remake the U.S. dollar [View all] brooklynite Jun 2021 OP

i would like to see a redesign of the real dollar and other currencey like in mexico the moneys are AllaN01Bear Jun 2021 #1

Quite a few countries have. Angleae Jun 2021 #2

Maybe plastic from cellulose. OneCrazyDiamond Jun 2021 #22

Fed is late to the game bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #3

It'd be a heck of a lot cheaper to phase out physical bills and coins jimfields33 Jun 2021 #5

There is a charge for credit cards that far exceeds twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #17

Which is why the banks want us to go 'paperless'. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #30

Things change and then they change again. twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #33

Heh... for most... (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #35

Everyone pays. twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #37

And, even if you don't think you are going to pay. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #38

For credit cards yes Sgent Jun 2021 #36

I keep wondering if the so-called "coin shortage" louis-t Jun 2021 #4

They sure look at you strange when you pay cash or have coins bucolic_frolic Jun 2021 #6

Many, including my spouse, have not used cash since the beginning of the pandemic question everything Jun 2021 #26

Same (exception: pot store) flibbitygiblets Jun 2021 #34

Instead of creating a wholly digital currency, why not give people free bank account through USPS? Fiendish Thingy Jun 2021 #7

Yes the USPS should have banking services! burrowowl Jun 2021 #8

I don't think the issue is about inability to get bank amounts JI7 Jun 2021 #9

USPS used to have a banking system csziggy Jun 2021 #23

"This will not end well." n/t PoliticAverse Jun 2021 #10

Its coming, I think. Joinfortmill Jun 2021 #11

I see it as the logical step HariSeldon Jun 2021 #12

Almost as if it was planned, eh? OldBaldy1701E Jun 2021 #31

Progess..... now can we get HC for all immediately too please? Brainfodder Jun 2021 #13

Not until the last «Was hacked into» headline is ten years in the past DFW Jun 2021 #14

It's going to happen NBachers Jun 2021 #15

The genius of Bitcoin is the 21 million coin cap intrepidity Jun 2021 #16

Government backed centralised cryptos Thyla Jun 2021 #18

No American should support a bank. Go to the credit union. The Jungle 1 Jun 2021 #19

I go to the banks that provide the best interest rates on savings. Never seems to be a CU brooklynite Jun 2021 #28

The dollar has been remade twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #20

It is mostly digital now lonely bird Jun 2021 #21

"give millions of low-income Americans access to the financial system" BumRushDaShow Jun 2021 #24

I think that the paper dollar is widely used all over the world question everything Jun 2021 #25

Interesting, hope they include the USPS in the new systemas a way of bypassing gouging banksters. nt yaesu Jun 2021 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author ExTex Jun 2021 #29

whatever became of the Harriet Tubman 20? Javaman Jun 2021 #32