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Cash Accepted Here – Payment Choice Act
Armstrong Economics ^ | 23 July 25 | Martin Armstrong

Posted on 07/23/2025 6:43:02 AM PDT by delta7

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1 posted on 07/23/2025 6:43:02 AM PDT by delta7
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I see card only businesses more and more often. I’m a crusty, old hold out. If a place is card only, I’ll go somewhere else, as long as that’s possible.


2 posted on 07/23/2025 6:49:25 AM PDT by brownsfan (It's going to take real, serious, hard times to wake the American public.)
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I support this. I like being able to hand over two 1 dollar bills for a $1.69 crispy chicken sandwich at Wendy’s, instead of using a debit card for such a tiny amount.


3 posted on 07/23/2025 6:54:49 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for criminals.)
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I support this. I like being able to hand over two 1 dollar bills for a $1.69 crispy chicken sandwich
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Go to your bank and get $2 bills, I do….then I begin to have fun…most have never seen a $2 bill.


4 posted on 07/23/2025 6:58:43 AM PDT by delta7
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To: brownsfan

I see card only businesses more and more often. I’m a crusty, old hold out. If a place is card only, I’ll go somewhere else, as long as that’s possible.


The potential down side of this is you might have to wait an extra 15 minutes while the kid goes and gets someone to count your change.

I don’t disagree with the premise of the proposed law. But every new law adds a straw to our load. It is a simple straw in itself but with all other regulations it becomes more than we can handle.

Laws don’t fix things, let the marketplace decide, which is what you are doing.

An observation. Most immigrants, legal and otherwise operate with cash. CAsh and barter don’t go away, they are human nature.


5 posted on 07/23/2025 7:00:38 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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Certain businesses prefer the convenience of credit cards and not all payment systems are equipped to accept cash.

I've found that lately alot of businesses post a credit card additional fee of 3% preferring cash.

6 posted on 07/23/2025 7:01:23 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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Just say that not accepting cash is racist because Black people don’t have credit cards. It worked for voting.


7 posted on 07/23/2025 7:01:41 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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Steve Wozniak (Apple Co-Founder) likes to buy sheets of $2 bills from the Treasury (you can do that), and cut them in front of the person he is paying. A time or two he was called for counterfeiting. Harmless rich guy fun.


8 posted on 07/23/2025 7:02:39 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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I sometimes find the opposite. My barber is cash only. So is a small Italian grinder shop in Scottsdale the I sometimes patronize (good meatball grinders).


9 posted on 07/23/2025 7:03:57 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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Last weekend I dined out with friends....the bill came, showed the total, below showed the discounted ‘pay-in-cash’ total


10 posted on 07/23/2025 7:07:45 AM PDT by wny (s)
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One reason why some refuse cash is handling cash is an opportunity for employees to steal.


11 posted on 07/23/2025 7:12:45 AM PDT by DugwayDuke (Most pick the expert who says the things they agree with.)
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Refusing to accept cash is not merely a business decision but a step toward a totalitarian digital monetary system.

And every time you use a Credit Card you are putting money in the pockets of one of the three companies that run the world government.

People think that they are free in this country and the West. But are they?

These 3 companies control 88% of the largest corporations in America

If a company is investor owned. One of these three companies probably has one or more people on their board.

12 posted on 07/23/2025 7:13:20 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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One reason why some refuse cash is handling cash is an opportunity for employees to steal.

Too true. Also, a "cash only" sign is a way to tell other thieves that there's no cash to steal there.

13 posted on 07/23/2025 7:16:12 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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One reason why some refuse cash is handling cash is an opportunity for employees to steal.

The concert venue I go to has credit card only purchases for food and beverage, quicker and no mistakes and no theft.

14 posted on 07/23/2025 7:17:23 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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If a place is card only, I’ll go somewhere else, as long as that’s possible.

I'm with you.

Unfortunately travel is almost impossible without using a card.

You can't stay at a decent hotel without using a card.

You can't fly without using a card. You can't buy a meal in many airports with cash.

They will tell you that they are trying to weed out employee theft buy making you use cards, but I have my suspicions that it is an attempt to eliminated cash.

15 posted on 07/23/2025 7:18:35 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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“My barber is cash only. So is a small Italian grinder shop in Scottsdale the I sometimes patronize.”

I wonder why that is? (Wink)

Unfortunately that is why government supports a cashless digital currency.


16 posted on 07/23/2025 7:19:30 AM PDT by Openurmind (AI - An Illusion for Aptitude Intrusion to Alter Intellect. )
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To: wny

Last weekend I dined out with friends....the bill came, showed the total, below showed the discounted
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Two gas stations within an hour drive have signs posted ” we accept 20 cents for one gallon of gas * pre-64 dimes”.

A silver dime is today worth 2.85 paper dollars….shows just how far our dollars have been debased…massive loss of purchasing power.

https://www.coinflation.com/

Todays USD index, 97.4….a further 10 percent loss this year….


17 posted on 07/23/2025 7:23:25 AM PDT by delta7
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Go to your bank and get $2 bills

Funny you should mention that. I have probably 40 or 50 $2 dollar bills on hand right now.

18 posted on 07/23/2025 7:28:03 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for criminals.)
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To: Dr. Sivana
I sometimes find the opposite.

Me too, and I get it. If the old guy I regularly buy fruit and vegetables from at his roadside truck was forced away from cash transactions, he would probably not be in business anymore.

19 posted on 07/23/2025 7:31:53 AM PDT by deoetdoctrinae (Gun-free zones are playgrounds for criminals.)
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go to has credit card only purchases for food and beverage, quicker and no mistakes and no theft.
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Careful, last year I used my CC to buy lunches at one food joint….by the time I got home it had $5000 plus ran up on it…from Florida all the way up north…in less than eight hours.

My Credit Union fixed the problem and stated they lose millions to Credit Card theft…. my new chipped card has had no problems since then.


20 posted on 07/23/2025 7:32:16 AM PDT by delta7
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