The Financial Equivalent of the Death Star’: US Lawmaker Blasts the Fed for Looking into Building What He Calls an ‘Orwellian-Style Payment System’ — Here’s Why He’s Upset
A U.S. lawmaker has accused the Federal Reserve of quietly working on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) — which he likens to “building the financial equivalent of the Death Star.” Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio believes it would create similar authoritarian powers for the nation’s central bank to “corrupt … [coerce] and control” Americans […]