For purposes of local pride, and in fear of the failing U.S. Dollar, various towns in Massachusetts and elsewhere are informally establishing scrip media of exchange.
It’s not a new idea, but when other people think of the idea, the same media that like it when yuppie New England does it seem to have a fit, and make the idea out as some sort of scam. In the eyes of the media, it’s not the medium of exchange that’s the problem, it’s the people that are doing it.
The Liberty Dollar as a medium of exchange and the media-driven non-scandal was featured in the July-September 2006 issue of the Citizens Informer.
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