That too. Actually, it's not a joke - they have been
considering extraordinary measures - such as, actually
charging interest for holding cash, both here and in
Japan. You take $20 out, and when you put it back in the
bank, the strip on the bill says it has been out for 2
years, and is only worth $19.50. Stores will stop
accepting cash in that case. How would they know how much
your $20 is now worth? I guess, they dropped that proposal
-g-
Of course, that measure comes on top of negative interest
rates in the bank, so that you don't "cheat" the system
by holding dollars in cash.
I guess, if that ever happened, stores would just start
accepting e-gold instead of dollars, and there would be a
currency crisis. Dollars are supposed to be accepted,
at least at home! |
