No more cashless businesses
 

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

Fingers crossed that it passes. Bi-partisan sponsorship might help. I hope they also include something making it illegal for businesses to refuse to make change. Although that will probably make businesses raise prices to the next dollar.

Yeah if they don't /have/ the change - small businesses can easily get stuck in that situation - then what? When there's a sign right on the cash register that says "we need singles!" and someone pays for their 89-cent candybar with a $5 bill - then the store should feel free to give the customer their change in penny rolls.

Nope
 

Cashless is the way to go.

I find this ironic. Everything I have heard/read in the last 3 years involved moving toward a cashless society. You know, so that every single transaction can be monitored and taxed. And also so that they can turn off your ability to buy things if you don't behave. AKA the CCP model.

The only store that I know of in The Villages that does not accept cash is the Darlin’s Sweet Shoppe in Sawgrass Grove.

More "freedoms" for businesses in Florida.

(customers already have the freedom to patronize an establishment with policies more to their liking)

Maybe those "cashless" businesses should read the fine print on a dollar bill.

And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

Anyone who wants a cashless society is asleep, and has no idea what's really behind that push, nor what's really going on in the world.

Agree, prefer using my phone to pay and more and more are starting to accept it. Cash is last resort.

You got that right. I feel bad for them.

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.

I hope it does not pass. Cashless is the way to go.

As the saying goes if you are not changing with time, you will be left behind.