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> By the same token, what is compelling them to do this? A sense of patriotic duty?

The GSA Schedules: https://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/197989



The original motivation seems to have been a deal between a printer industry association and a central banks' association, perhaps as an alternative to threatened legislation, although we've never been able to get ahold of the details of that deal.




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