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It's this. Data is effectively replacing dollars as fiat currency, due in large part to unbridled money printing.


The other factor for me is revenue. From tolls to speeding tickets, it’s all revenue streams. No need to increase formal taxes when you can add revenue via other means.


Data from surveilling toll payers is worth significantly more than the moneys collected from them.


Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can’t the gov do surveillance, profit from it, and charge us for the privilege?




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