[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

So you turned it into the cashier’s problem and caused more work for that person because they were simply following store policy that was apparently prominently displayed.

All in days work! Beats standing there picking nose.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by spinner1001

Almost 5% of all U.S. households do not have a bank account. Cash transactions are still needed for millions of Americans as cashless is not a practical option for those less well-off folks without forcing them to use prepaid debit cards.

“Consistent with the results of previous surveys, unbanked rates in 2021 varied considerably across the U.S. population. For example, unbanked rates were higher among lower-income households, less-educated households, Black households, Hispanic households, working-age households with a disability, and single-mother households.”

2021 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households

No matter what system there will be scams and counterfeit debit cards. Probably worse with cashless society.

[JRcorvette]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

if it passes. I hope it does. I had to whip out a credit card to pay for a $1 bag of chips recently and it did not make me happy.

"Refusing cash payments could become illegal for most Florida businesses in 2024 under legislation sponsored by state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Miami-Dade County Democrat, and state Rep. Joel Rudman, a Panhandle Republican."

Florida May Stop Businesses from Going Cashless

It is just one more what the Government is attempting to Control us all! Fight back….

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

Convenience, efficiency and safety is what's behind it. Not some sinister government conspiracy. Most of the world is going cashless since it's antiquated to use cash for everything other than private transactions or flea markets when it's easier and more secure to just tap a card.

If someone steals credit cards you can cancel them within minutes. If someone steals your cash, you don't have much recourse.

Naive.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by JoelJohnson

Paranoid much?

Why else? Guess I’ll have cash in my gold bars I have in suits in closet I’m saving for rainy day?

[LuvNH]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

I try to pay for everything with cash. NO cc debt for me, thanks

What credit card debt? There is no debt if you pay if off monthly. I look at using a credit card the same as using cash, if I overspend on the credit card I am in trouble for the month - if I over spend cash I am in trouble for the month. Same difference in my opinion.

Personally, I like cashless, but I find one real problem with it. No cash, no tips. I never used to walk past people collecting for a good cause, now I have no cash to put in their red kettle and I do dislike that.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

All in days work! Beats standing there picking nose.

LOL! Maybe this type of attitude is one of the reasons for the generalized opinion by the local community that Villagers are self entitled and condescending.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

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I suspect there was a lot of resistance when cash first came in

You are expecting to exchange your chicken for a pair of shoes and the cobbler wants to give you round pieces of metal as change instead of some carrots? I don't think so!

Plus ça change...

No, most didn’t have cash back then. Bartering was trading for commodities, still goes on today in back woods that most of us has no clue what hard times are.

[Blackbird45]

In the U.S. the standard for centuries has been coins and bills.
But there are benefits switching to credit cards.
First store safety from robberies.
Second the U.S. taxpayers, cash businesses have been known to skim. It’s not impossible to have cash transactions that are not reported to the I.R.S. To recoup the government raises taxes which means the people pay.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

LOL! Maybe this type of attitude is one of the reasons for the generalized opinion by the local community that Villagers are self entitled and condescending.

Eventually you never worked for government.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Again - fossil fuel (oil) is finite. The planet only has so much of it. Once we use it up, it's gone until the next ice age.

By then some other natural or manmade disasters will wipe out mankind. Only matter or time.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

Eventually you never worked for government.

If you meant to say, “evidently”, you’re right. I have never worked for the government. I’m reasonably sure that the cashier mentioned before wasn’t working for the government either at that time.

[miadford@gmail.com]

Just keep in mind, when we use our cards the banks that sponsor them are making the money. So by going completely cashless will only increase costs. The banks will get their money first!

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by MrChip72

So you don't have your life savings in a bank or investment account?

Unless you have your money locked in a safe in cash or in gold bars, your money is already all in digital form right now.

There's zero chance that anyone in a third world country is going to be able to hack our banking systems and drain everyone's money. There's more than enough safeguards in place for that. I work for one of the largest banks in the world. I'm not just passing on third hand information.

The thread is about cashless payment of transactions, not where one’s savings are held.

[waterflower]

Stop the cashless society=complete control