We just had a "fair" election (excluding the parties having their private little selection process) ... makes me wonder if the powers-that-be (mix of the technocratic class and intelligence class) will someone convince the "left" to want digital IDs .. to stop Orange Fascism™ or something. Could be a possibility.

I haven't really read into the supposed Trump getting rid of income tax. Seems like a ridiculous promise (taxes are controlled by the legislature, not the executive), but I haven't read the actual quotes. I could see that though: not taxes but programmable money. It would let gooberment control the supply of money under some new modern monetary nonsense, eliminating the need for "taxes," (taxes = mandated faith in the system) in their current form.

The deal is, no bank wants a public/gooberment controlled coin. The Federal Reserve is extremely secretive and yet that's considered TOO PUBLIC for most banks. (EU central banks are even more secretive!) Banks would rather have private digital coins they control with even less oversight.