I see a preemption argument here.
Since when? Is this a North Jersey thing?
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation driver’s license and registration centers will not take cash—only credit cards.
What part of “this currency is legal tender for all debts, PUBLIC and private” do they fail to understand?
Has there been less financial theft since everything has been going cashless?
I suspect there has been more financial theft, as cashless requires vast databases of credit/debit card, transactions and personal data, resulting in theft of credit/debt card numbers, debt holders names, ect., used constantly to bilk consumers, stores and card issuers out of billions of dollars every year.
I have no problem with mandating stores take “legal tender” as defined by federal law.
Doesn’t go far enough... Make customers pay with gold or silver instead of valueless paper.../s
This is a safety issue above all.
Not that I disagree with the decision to make them accept cash(I am a cash and carry type of guy), but who in this country CAN’T get a credit card, or for that matter a Bank Card.
I purchase something small. Like a single piece of candy. Anything under $1. On a credit card that costs them more than they will profit. Then I turn around and ... oops forgot .. something else under $1. Each transaction costs them an average of 3% plus a flat $.25 or $.35 fee ... each. OH dang, forgot my nephew ... need a piece of candy for him too .... and so on. Usually gets the managers attention and I can make my case in person at that time. I've seen a small store change policy the next day.
Some businesses don’t want to get robbed.
They got to the right place (preventing easy government tracking of behaviors...otherwise known as a ‘social credit’ score), but for the wrong reasons - to make Illegals that much more comfortable.
Still, I’m good with the outcome.
But they will accept Pesos.................
The reasons for a cashless society is control, cash is freedom and cash can also be hidden from those who want it for their redistribution programs
I’ve never been refused cash for a purchase, although a car rental did require a credit card on file when I paid cash.
Laws like this are extremely important. There’s a huge push for a cashless society. That would mean that you could be tracked and spied on through your transactions, the gov could take out taxes automatically, and banks/credit cards could get nastier than they already are with fees and taking a percent of every transaction.