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[–] 30 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

Every time I deposit more than $600 cash I’m getting monitored. These fuckers have no clue how we live.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 hours ago (1 child)

    In the 60 Minutes interview, when the interviewer reminded Trump his wealth had increased by $3 billion, Trump immediately shot back "Well, so did everyone's." I dont think they even remember that non-billionaires exist, and if they do they don't consider it important.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 hours ago

    And that's just the mandated monitoring -- it doesn't include the monitoring that businesses and banks are doing for free, on their own.

    I hear rumors that many places are rolling out systems to record and track the serial number of every bill of cash that goes in or out, because they can sell that information to big data collectors who can use it to piece together a picture of where cash flows -- previously the only flow of money they couldn't completely monitor. And, of course, that big data is available to the government at any time, either by buying it or by getting a friendly judge to sign off on sweeping warrants.

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