I'm aware that notion has been floating out there for a couple of years, and have no doubt that there are special interests and politicians who'd love to do something like that if they thought they could get away with it. But can you imagine the ensuing backlash if anybody tried it?
A party with a hand in something like that ought to just jump into the nearest porcelain bowl while asking someone to pull the flush handle.
Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight
It's way above my pay grade, but I guess if we had some sort of economic collapse or if enough people feared a collapse, they might be agreeable to accept a gauranteed government check instead of relying on a private account.
Someone supposedly asked the famous bank robber, Willie Sutton, why he robbed banks. He said, because that's where they keep the money. If the government gets desperate enough, who knows.