Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a car

Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a... by thatcat on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:19PM (#12947291)

These aspects also have some advantage - being handled on site means having employees that spend that money locally. All the credit card fees are effectively removed from the local economy.

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Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a... by Godel_unicode on Sunday November 13, 2016 @10:46PM (#12947401)

So you think that companies who only take cash will pay higher wages thus keeping that money locally? I would assume that lower cost would lead to lower prices rather than higher wages.

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Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a... by thatcat on Monday November 14, 2016 @02:23PM (#12952480)

No, I think they would pay a net higher local labor cost and lower remote processing fees.

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Re:Poor people pay for parking even when they can’t afford a... by gohrt on Sunday November 13, 2016 @11:06PM (#12947484)

Or it just means wasted work on deadweight loss activities, instead of doing something useful to increase the value of the shopping experience.

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