Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
by Scarblac on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:36AM
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They can already do that by rationing meat, like they did in WW2. Require that you have the correct stamps for buying what you want. Or probably introduce some horrible mobile app for it. No need to outlaw cash for that.
Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
by lettergram on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:15PM
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While true, they couldn’t block private trading of the meat on the black market. They can with this
Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
by bluescrn on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:25PM
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The drugs trade and sex trade will figure out alternatives within minutes of cash disappearing, and that'll enable other black markets.
Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands
by mrguyorama on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:31PM
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>It’s effectively “the company store”, except government (“by the people and for the people” - ie your neighbors) dictating what you buy.
You act like there isn't a MASSIVE distinction between a private business's CEO deciding what his employees should be able to do and an entire society democratically choosing what they want to be allowed.
It’s effectively “the company store”, except government (“by the people and for the people” - ie your neighbors) dictating what you buy. They just happen to also invest in the companies they direct you to.