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"At the height of the Iraq & Afghanistan conflicts in 2004, the Army collected more than $480 million in U.S. cash in theater. Today, EagleCash has reduced that number to near $0." usafmcom.army.mil/News/Article-D… ht @stmdc
The US military has had some innovative payments ideas... 1/3
The US military has had some innovative payments ideas... 1/3
An occupying force wants to use a money that...
-doesn't dollarize the nation they are occupying
-can be tracked, thwarting black marketeers
-is lightweight
-if they lose, the enemy can't reuse it
Dollar bills are bulky, infiltrate local economies, and aren't enemy-resistant.
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-doesn't dollarize the nation they are occupying
-can be tracked, thwarting black marketeers
-is lightweight
-if they lose, the enemy can't reuse it
Dollar bills are bulky, infiltrate local economies, and aren't enemy-resistant.
2/3
So we get innovations like EagleCash. Other ideas:
-Military Payment Certificates jpkoning.blogspot.com/2017/04/c-day-… & overprinting jpkoning.blogspot.com/2017/04/leavin… (demonetizations thwarted enemies & dollarization)
-Pogs, which were lighter than metal coins 3/3
-Military Payment Certificates jpkoning.blogspot.com/2017/04/c-day-… & overprinting jpkoning.blogspot.com/2017/04/leavin… (demonetizations thwarted enemies & dollarization)
-Pogs, which were lighter than metal coins 3/3
