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That would be an interesting item to deregulate. I've always been fascinated that the U.S. government doesn't mandate an official language [1] and just incidentally uses English for most purposes (with Spanish becoming increasingly relevant). As far as I can tell, it hasn't caused any major problems for the country and may be a better way to handle the issue. Could currency be the same way?

[1] Language being another item that governments tend to regulate.




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