Your insistence that Congress protect our freedom is finally bearing fruit. A bill to rein in a freedom-killing Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is moving forward. Last week, the U.S. House passed HR 1919 that tees up S 1124, the “CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act,” which is now ready for a vote in the Senate. But whether this battle for financial privacy bill passes may well depend upon you and me. If this does not pass in the Senate, the backup plan will add this bill to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). 

President Trump issued an executive order protecting Americans from a CBDC, but that order will only last until the end of Trump’s term.  

If Congress does not vote to PERMANENTLY protect your bank account(s) NOW by passing S 1124, the next president could impose financial surveillance CBDCs on all Americans. 

Fax Congress now, and we’ll send you a copy of our book, Marxist Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Theft of Freedom. 

PERMANENTLY STOP financial surveillance of your bank accounts! Demand Congress VOTE YES on S 1124!

Cryptocurrencies were designed to keep the government’s eyes off personal financial transactions. 

Government central bankers designed Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to counter cryptocurrency privacy measures, enabling the government to monitor and control every cent you own or spend.  

On March 9, 2022, Joe Biden ordered the Federal Reserve to begin “investigating” deployment of a CBDC. Just one year later, and without the permission of Congress, the Federal Reserve (the Fed) didn’t just “investigate” — they went ahead and CREATED this financial surveillance tool.

STOP the Fed’s financial surveillance scheme! Tell Congress to VOTE YES on S 1124 — the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act!

Executive Order 14067 was the opening salvo in Biden’s scheme to mimic the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) financial control over its citizens. When implemented, a CBDC will eliminate cash, make the government your direct bank, and force everyone into that central government-run bank, while tracking, tracing, and controlling every cent you own or spend.  

Rep. Emmer introduced the House version of this bill “to put a check on unelected bureaucrats and ensure the United States’ digital currency policy upholds our values of privacy, individual sovereignty, and free-market competitiveness.”

“A government-issued CBDC is nothing more than a CCP-style surveillance tool that would be used to undermine the American way of life,” said Rep. Emmer, referring to the Chinese Communist Party’s digital currency specifically designed to control people.  

Currently, in China, the CCP rewards and punishes people via its CBDC. The CCP dictates where and when a person can use their hard-earned money, if at all.

Don’t let Joe Biden control YOUR money.

Liu Hu, a journalist in China, covers government censorship and corruption. Because of his truthful reporting, Liu was placed on the CCP’s “List of Dishonest Persons Subject to Enforcement by the Supreme People's Court.” As a result, Liu is now forbidden from using his own money to buy a plane ticket, travel on rail lines, or even buy property.

“There was no file, no police warrant, no official advance notification,” Liu told reporters. “They just cut me off from the things I was once entitled to. What's really scary is there's nothing you can do about it. You can report to no one. You are stuck in the middle of nowhere."

The CCP doesn’t only target journalists and dissidents, either. Many religions are considered to be cults by the Chinese government. The CCP is officially atheist, and its members are forbidden to join any religion. Chinese Christians can wind up on the same “untrustworthy persons” list as Liu.

David McIntosh, president of Club for Growth, says, “Two world visions for the future of digital currencies are in conflict: China and a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) where government creates digital assets and surveils, spies, monitors, and restricts consumer behavior versus an American free marketplace that enables private competition that protects consumer data, allows economic freedom, enables innovation, and encourages competition.” McIntosh added that America should not “go down the China road” by developing a CBDC.

"Thorough anti-CBDC legislation is critical for safeguarding Americans' financial privacy in the face of potential surveillance, control, and political intimidation,” said Ryan Walker, acting executive director of Heritage Action. Walker added that this legislation is an important measure “to protect individual liberty and prevent threats of government coercion through the financial sector.”

The Biden years, with forced church shutdowns, shot mandates and even demands to spy on any back account that transacts more than 600 dollars a year, taught us all too well that a tyrannical government is never more than one general election away.

We must compel Congress to protect our financial privacy permanently — and right away! If we wait until after midterm elections, it may well be too late. 

The bill is now ready to come to the Senate floor for a full vote, and it must pass a 60-vote threshold. But that will only happen if you and I persist in demanding that Congress PASS THIS BILL!

As a special thank you, we’re sending everyone who faxes the entire Senate a copy of our book, Marxist Money: Central Bank Digital Currencies and the Theft of Freedom. 

Fax Congress and get your book now!

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SOURCES:

“Emmer Reintroduces CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act.” Congressman Tom Emmer, September 12, 2023. Emmer.house.gov/press-releases?ID=AF7974C8-BAD5-4082-9E77-29A6D7EA5915. 

“Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets.” The White House, March 9, 2022. Whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2022/03/09/executive-order-on-ensuring-responsible-development-of-digital-assets/.

Kobie, Nicole. “The Complicated Truth about China’s Social Credit System.” WIRED UK, June 7, 2019. Wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit-system-explained.