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Should the government replace physical cash with a central bank digital currency?

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8% Yes	92% No
7% Yes	81% No
1% Yes, it would make payments instant and low-cost	4% No, cash protects privacy and works during power outages
	3% No, the government has no right to monitor private transactions
	2% No, this could be a slippery slope to social credit systems
	1% No, it could be used to debank citizens for their political views
	1% No, decentralized stablecoins already provide low-fee secure transactions without state control

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