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FakeNoose

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5. Oh my Lord! What a major mistake

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Wed Oct 13, 2021, 04:06 PM

Oct 2021

I have no dog in this hunt because I don't live in Florida, nor am I a city employee in Miami. But paying employees in bitcoin is just bizarre and dangerous.

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Miami Mayor Says Plan Advancing to Pay City Employees in Bitcoin [View all] RandySF Oct 2021 OP

Can't get hem to take vaccine but they are willing to be paid in Bitcoin?? joetheman Oct 2021 #1

A lot of anti-vaxxers love crypto. RandySF Oct 2021 #2

So, Suarez wants Miami to become the "crypto capital of the United States or of the world"? sop Oct 2021 #3

Well said. mia Oct 2021 #8

AKA cartels. gldstwmn Oct 2021 #17

Sounds like a Russian puppet. rockfordfile Oct 2021 #4

Oh my Lord! What a major mistake FakeNoose Oct 2021 #5

Its the employees choice. former9thward Oct 2021 #10

Geeze, what could go wrong? 2naSalit Oct 2021 #6

Noooooooooooooo BeckyDem Oct 2021 #7

And my wife is working at Treasury to make them more transparent. brooklynite Oct 2021 #13

This is the stupidest fucking idea I've heard in a long time. BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #9

So ... will the IRS be able to see dweller Oct 2021 #11

Invest in bitcoin? Dutch tulips getting too pricey? gratuitous Oct 2021 #12

Sounds unreliable. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #14

Suarez is a clown. Scurrilous Oct 2021 #15

Gee, why would Miami want to legitimize an untraceable gldstwmn Oct 2021 #16

"You can even use your bitcoins to buy bridges in New York!" struggle4progress Oct 2021 #18