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That is an unrelated thought: the world can slowly come to hardly ever use cash--or even achieve universal cashless-ness--without the continued existence of cas
by saurik 5y ago
That is an unrelated thought: the world can slowly come to hardly ever use cash--or even achieve universal cashless-ness--without the continued existence of cash being actively discouraged by the government.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoI agree, although I do not think civil asset forfeiture is specifically used to discourage the use of cash and incentivize people to go electronic, or at least it was not designed with that motive. Civil asset forfeiture is a power trip by the government that neither political party wants to touch, and it does a great job at reducing trust in the US's governing bodies. When I was a kid, I thought that kind of low level brazen corruption only happened in poorer or less developed countries. Now I get to see my countrymen doing it and admitting to it on video, year after year.
- zepto 5y agoWhy does nobody want to touch it? That is what is a mystery to me.
- mywittyname 5y agoThe police unions in this country are powerful. A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly, or indirectly by financing "team building exercises" at a Build Your Own AK Ranch or some shit. The prosecutors offices get their cut too, so they have an incentive to keep their mouths shut. Everyone else can be bullied into submission.
- zepto 5y ago> A lot of seized cash is treated as tax-free "bonuses" paid out to officers. Either directly… Is this documented somewhere?
- lotsofpulp 5y agoBased on this tweet, no: https://twitter.com/JodyBarr/status/1440856532959170566?s=20 https://twitter.com/JodyBarr/status/1440856532959170566?s=20
- zepto 5y agoHow is that tweet related to whether the money is paid out to officers?