'BIDEN BUCKS STOP HERE': Gov. RonDeSantisFL signs new law to protect consumers and businesses from 'surveillance and control' of digital currency.
"Sometimes government will do things where they provide kind of a benevolent rationale for what they're doing but it's really nothing more than a wolf in sheep's clothing. Well, I think with central bank digital currency, this is a wolf coming as a wolf," DeSantis said at a press conference Friday before signing the bill. "This is something that will be a massive transfer of power from individual consumers to a central authority.
DeSantis, who's previously claimed the Biden administration is seeking "surveillance and control" through a CBDC, argued the ban is important to protect consumers against government oversight of individual purchases and prevent potential restrictions on purchases. Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2023."Maybe you bought a firearm last week and they don't want you to buy another one this week," said DeSantis. "Anyone with their eyes open can see the dangers of what this type of arrangement would mean.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd at Adventure Outdoors gun store, Thursday, March 30, 2023, in Smyrna, Ga.
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