[theandrewbailey]

> Any idea why the US government or some other government does not create such a system?

The US government isn't in the business of running the internet or phone or micropayment systems, and it's not interested.

[njarboe]

Its into supplying its citizens with a useful currency. Micropayments of dollars is just usefully currency online. Seems like microdollars would be a natural monopoly, ideal for the US government to produce.