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babe wakeup, last remaining monetary policy to fix economy just dropped (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] zqwzzle 14 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Because they could be mistaken as counterfeit?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

It's part of the reason but the central issue is far more serious -- the value of TP sheet exceeded the price of original bill 😳. Clearly it's a measure to combat inflation and unauthorized money printing. After the policy, common folk have to resort to sawing bills together just to scrap by

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

That's not a problem as the toilet paper bill would be worth more than an actual ruble bill.