Legal tender doesn’t mean what you think it means. A present sale of goods and services isn’t a “debt” to be discharged by tender, and a business has no obligation to sell to you if you are unwilling or unable to pay in the form it requires.
The 1965 Coinage acts says ...
“United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”
And the definition of legal tender is “coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt.”
But, as you say, it is a lie. This place has really gone to hell in the last 60 years. lOL
Without ‘cash’, there will be nothing ‘common’. We, as a society, must have a conveyable common asset that is acceptable for ALL commerce (CASH).
Otherwise, a retailer could easily change payment requirements daily. Perhaps cash one day and used tires the next.
BeGood/Ross