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It is called the right of property. Not God-given, for sure, but it exists in most countries. One can keep his own money as he wants, including under the mattre
by AdrianB1 7y ago
It is called the right of property. Not God-given, for sure, but it exists in most countries. One can keep his own money as he wants, including under the mattress.
- AlexAltea 7y ago> One can keep his own money as he wants, including under the mattress. If only it was that easy. With several governments regulating against cash, e.g. banning cash transactions above a certain amount, and limiting withdrawing/depositing cash in bank accounts, can we really say we have right of property (of money at least)? It seems yet another right to throw under the bus for the sake of mitigating "money laundering" and "terrorism".
- xkcd-sucks 7y agoLet's not forget civil forfeiture in the USA: It's legal to store your cash in a mattress, and it's also legal for law enforcement to seize that cash because its very existence seems suspicious