by Tom Renz, Esq., America Outloud:
If you are paying attention, you have probably noticed a substantial amount of talk recently about the push to move to “digital currency.” The move to a truly digital currency is essentially the elimination of any tangible item for trade (such as cash) in exchange for a number assigned to individuals on a spreadsheet that dictates spending power. In my view, it is also the end of privacy, the complete loss of freedom, and extremely unconstitutional.
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First, I’d like to explain better what money is. In its simplest form, money is an agreed-upon item that society uses for trade. Rather than trading a cow for grain, people decided it was easier to trade currency. Currency has taken many forms over the centuries, from commodities like gold or copper to commodity-backed paper money to what we have in America today – paper money not backed by anything. Many people dislike the current dollar because it is not backed by anything but the faith of the American people, but the paper that is our money is still something we can hold and keep. More importantly, it is also something that cannot be tracked or taken easily.
The move to digital currency means that instead of dollars, you would be paid in “online dollars,” and physical currency would no longer exist. I expect this will be pushed by both D’s and R’s for different reasons, but both will try to position this as a way to prevent fraud in government giveaways and to better track government spending.
Frankly, this is nonsense as most of this is already done electronically, and tracking is already available (and used). The real reason this will be supported is that it allows the government to track every single penny you get so a waitress, cab driver, bellhop, etc., can be sure to be taxed to the maximum extent possible for their tips. It also allows for control of spending.
We have all heard about the end of the world that happened in 2015 due to climate change, as predicted by Al Gore’s famous movie An Inconvenient Truth. Well, to stop the 2015 end of the world, it is not difficult to imagine the climate change fanatics limiting spending on gas. Controlling spending won’t end with climate change; it will likely include other “socially unacceptable” behaviors such as buying guns (remember the emergency declaration in New York State due to gun violence… imagine COVID lockdowns on gun buying), or a major penalty/tax due to an individual’s unwillingness to accept the safe and effective COVID death jab (remember the ruling that the “penalty” from Obamacare was a tax and so it was legal according to Justice Roberts and the SCOTUS?).
If this sounds like it has potential to turn into something like the CCP social credit system, it is because it does. When the government has the power to know everything we spend and everything we have, plus the ability to control it, it becomes hard to imagine them not using it. You may think this seems a bit far-fetched, but did you think three years ago it would be possible in America to be locked in your house for 14 days to flatten the curve, then forced to wear a face diaper, and then lose your job if you did not take an experimental gene therapy jab? The far-fetched suddenly seems much scarier when you look at it in light of recent events.
At this point, you may be saying to yourself, this all seems unconstitutional, so it could not happen. Well, I agree. I think digital currency does run afoul of several constitutional principles and plan to sue on that if it becomes necessary. The most important principle is the right to privacy as described in the 4th Amendment:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated. No Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
A digital currency eliminates that right to be “secure in [your]… papers, and effects,” in any and all practical terms. There is no longer a need for a warrant if the government controls and has the right to know everything you do, which is what digital currency does. I would also argue that a government-supported private digital currency that allowed for big business to cease accepting a real and private currency (such as paper dollars) would also be unconstitutional. That said, the courts have not been overly concerned with enforcing the original text of the Constitution recently, so who knows what would happen with this.
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