Ron DeSantis’ baseless theory that the government wants to control people’s purchases
Ron DeSantis’ baseless theory that the government wants to control people’s purchases
- April 12, 2023
- Gary Richardson, economics, PolitiFact, April 12, 2023
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Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., recently raised the specter of the U.S. government tracking ordinary Americans’ purchases — and even blocking transactions of which it disapproves. … Right now, U.S. laws do not permit the kinds of surveillance and control that DeSantis describes, said Gary Richardson, a professor of economics at the University of California, Irvine. "It does not allow the central bank to take actions like this," he said. … "It is a specter created to scare the uninformed," said Richardson.
For the full story, please visit https://www.politifact.com/article/2023/apr/12/desantis-baseless-theory-government-wants-control/.
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