New York City considering legislation to ban cashless retailers

Re:New York City considering legislation to ban cashless ret... by AlexTWithBeard on Friday March 08, 2019 @09:54AM (#19337953)

I absolutely, passionately hate when the traders do not accept cash, but I firmly believe they must be in their full right to do so.

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Re:New York City considering legislation to ban cashless ret... by hacym on Friday March 08, 2019 @10:32AM (#19338357)

Why?

This means that the US Government, which issues the currency, basically has less power than Visa and Mastercard. It's the currency of the nation... They should be required to take it unless they have a legitimate reason not to.

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Re:New York City considering legislation to ban cashless ret... by vonmoltke on Friday March 08, 2019 @11:10AM (#19338784)

> This means that the US Government, which issues the currency, basically has less power than Visa and Mastercard.

How's that? Nobody is required to accept Visa or Mastercard either.

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Re:New York City considering legislation to ban cashless ret... by AlexTWithBeard on Friday March 08, 2019 @02:17PM (#19341128)

I think the US Government shares the sentiment: in most cases you cannot pay Uncle Sam in cash. Checks, money orders, credit cards - anything, but cash.

You still can pay your taxes in cash, but they do everything they can to discourage you from it.

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