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nonethewiser 73 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Trump's 'Crypto Reserve' Is Such Brazen Corruption

The difference is it's not using tax money. Using tax money is the entire premise for calling it "brazen corruption":

>Trump plans to use your money to buy fake money

Not true if it's confiscated funds.

lavezzi 73 days ago | [–]

> The difference is it's not using tax money. Using tax money is the entire premise for calling it "brazen corruption".

Maybe in this article, but the real corruption is in the insider trading.

yencabulator 72 days ago | [–]

That's still taking a source of government funding (the money gained by auction) and boosting cryptobro gambling with it.

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