Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands

Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by Scarblac on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @10:36AM (#37236663)

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.

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by lettergram on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:15PM (#37238302)

While true, they couldn’t block private trading of the meat on the black market. They can with this

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Re:Cash payments above €3000 to be outlawed in Netherlands by bluescrn on Wednesday August 23, 2023 @12:25PM (#37238438)

The drugs trade and sex trade will figure out alternatives within minutes of cash disappearing, and that'll enable other black markets.

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