Posted on 03/18/2019 5:33:12 PM PDT by SMGFan
New Jersey just stopped the move toward cashless commerce in the Garden State dead in its tracks.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Monday signed a bill into law requiring most stores and restaurants in the state to accept cash at their brick-and-mortar locations, making New Jersey only the second state to bar businesses from refusing to accept legal tender.
Businesses like cashless payments for the ease of transaction, but experts say cashless businesses disenfranchise consumers who can’t access bank or credit cards.
(Excerpt) Read more at nj.com ...
It is probably more correct to say that the federal government guarantees the dollar value of the currency. There are many cashless businesses.
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