“(States, however, would not be so constrained.)”
Do you mean they would not be so constrained by the suggested amendment or that they would not be so constrained at all?
If the federal government was forbidden to use EFT, Check, and Credit Card would not everyone it deals with be so constrained when dealing with them? The military could not be paid with EFT, Check or Credit Card. The builders of planes, tanks, aircraft carriers etc could not be paid with EFT, Check or Credit Card. Revenue for the purpose of paying the military could not be rendered with EFT, Check or Credit Card.
>>“(States, however, would not be so constrained.)”
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>Do you mean they would not be so constrained by the suggested amendment or that they would not be so constrained at all?
By the amendment, obviously.
>If the federal government was forbidden to use EFT, Check, and Credit Card would not everyone it deals with be so constrained when dealing with them?
Indeed so. All federal employees would have to be paid in cash and in person. There would be, of course, control-sheets and people would have to sign for the monies at every step of the chain.
>The military could not be paid with EFT, Check or Credit Card.
I don’t see a problem with that; the Constitution is pretty anti-standing-army. And, again, states could pick up the slack w/ national guard & militia.
>The builders of planes, tanks, aircraft carriers etc could not be paid with EFT, Check or Credit Card.
Right. I would be a major inconvenience for the federal government AND anyone dealing with them; IOW, it would help constrain the federal government’s size by making it inconvenient to deal with them.
>Revenue for the purpose of paying the military could not be rendered with EFT, Check or Credit Card.
Indeed, and that is part of the reason for suggesting it. The other part is that if it is physical money, and remember that it’s supposed to be silver or gold coinage which is intrinsically valuable, then it cannot spend non-existent monies [increasing the debt].