Ted Rall for May 19, 2014
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Transcript:
The Federal Election Commission has approved bitcoin and other virtual currencies as political contributions. (Man: Cuz: It's cool!) (Woman: Also, why not?) Politicians are struggling to adapt. (Woman: I understand pieces of black and green paper, pieces of black and green paper are real. How is bitcoin real?) How do they handle sales of access and influence? (Man: 30 minutes? I gave you a bag of dogecoins!) (Woman: Which lost 1/2 their value/ 1/2 bribe= 1/2 meeting= 1/2 favor.) Or vendors? (Woman: Maybe some defense contractor will take cryptocurrencies- but not me.)
