I'm not only ready for it - I am already part of it. Ever since the advent of ATM cards - I rarely use cash or checks.
I can now do my monthly bill paying online in ten minutes - when it used to take me two hours to write out checks, stuff envelopes and mail them.
I feel much safer not carrying cash around. There is hardly a business around that doesn't accept debit cards and there are ATM machines everywhere if I do need cash.
You make a cashless society sound like a bad thing. I don't think it is.
I suppose if I was worried about secret government agents tracking my every expenditure - then I might worry. However I happen to know that the government is too busy with other things and I doubt that worrying about me buying shitake mushrooms at Krogers is at the top of their priority list.
It is. Do you already have your paycheck auto-deposited into the "bank of your choice"? If you don't, don't worry, it's coming. It will be mandatory. This will help in the monetary changeover from US dollars to something like the "Euro". What a great idea! No more sovereign money...for that matter, no more sovereignty!
I don't know about you, (or maybe I do...you like to pay over the web for everything...your ID or SSI number or your account numbers been attacked yet?)....but I like cash in hand. I'm kind of old fashioned like that.
Oh yeah, wait 'til there's some computer glitch in your electronic banking/payment method. It'll take you weeks/months and perhaps years to correct it, if it ever gets corrected at all .
Like I said, I'm old fashioned. Cash on the barrelhead and no credit cards.
FReegards,
FMCDH(BITS)