Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
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Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#2This seems silly. Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy.
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#3How does this even have points... Cashless payments are easier and cheaper for the business. Move on grandpa
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#4This seems silly. Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy.
>> Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans.
Financial "shenanigans" seem to be more likely with credit/debit cards actually.
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#5This seems silly. Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy.
>> Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Financial "shenanigans" seem to be more likely with credit/debit cards actually.
Agreed. Plus there's a complete loss of anonymity with ubiquitous credit card use.
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#6This seems silly. Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy.
>> Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Financial "shenanigans" seem to be more likely with credit/debit cards actually.
I think the shenanigans referred to are on the part of the merchant (not reporting income, stealing from the till or enabling bribes) rather than the consumer (card fraud, etc.)
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#7The thing I don't like about the move to cashless most, is that it is very much centered around payment systems in the private sector. It makes the middleman compulsory. Our Australian government is moving to make all payments over $10,000AUD cashless only. Thus making middlemen practically compulsory. If government wants to seek their means of deanonymisation for money laundering, make sure that there's an easy way to do that without middlemen taking a cut.
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#8How does this even have points... Cashless payments are easier and cheaper for the business. Move on grandpa
So without insulting people who disagree with you, what's your source? Does it apply to all business types?
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#9This seems silly. Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Rather than attacking the business, the ACLU should address the structural issues that prevent people from participating in the mainstream economy.
>> Accepting cash endangers the lives of employees and generally enables all sorts of financial shenanigans. Financial "shenanigans" seem to be more likely with credit/debit cards actually.
There's something like 2 trillion dollars laundered annually, and a lot of this happens through shops that use anonymous cash transactions to do it.
Re: Say No to the “Cashless Future” – and to Cashless Stores
#10How does this even have points... Cashless payments are easier and cheaper for the business. Move on grandpa
Cash is freedom - from not having to give your details on small purchases, and from money deposits you have no control over, and which can be taken away from you by governments, including those of other countries. I can't understand why Scandinavians, and in particular Swedes, are so busy heading into a dystopian future with mandatory cashless payments, when they're otherwise very much libertarian (in the original sense) and freedom-loving folks.