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Norrrm

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8. Robbing the treasury. Giving taxpayer real money for fantasy money. Every legislator approving this should be made to i

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Fri Dec 5, 2025, 10:22 AM

18 hrs ago

Robbing the treasury. Giving taxpayer real money for fantasy money.

Every legislator approving this should be made to invest half their family's life savings/net worth in the very same crypto to show their confidence in it.

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Texas becomes the first state to buy bitcoin as more states eye cryptocurrencies [View all] douglas9 20 hrs ago OP

why? Maninacan 20 hrs ago #1

The crooks eventually want cybercurrency backed by the dollar, gab13by13 20 hrs ago #2

Great. Wasting taxpayer money again. mwmisses4289 20 hrs ago #3

33 percent actually from - 120,000 to 80,000. Blues Heron 19 hrs ago #5

Yikes. mwmisses4289 19 hrs ago #7

Insane. Weren't shares of Enron or tulips available? surfered 20 hrs ago #4

Blatant corruption GreatGazoo 19 hrs ago #6

Robbing the treasury. Giving taxpayer real money for fantasy money. Every legislator approving this should be made to i Norrrm 18 hrs ago #8