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doesn't go far enough.
Criminals drive cars, bank robberies, kidnappers, murderers. they all use cars, drug cartels use them to transport drugs across the country.
we should ban cars.
Criminals also use clothes, they like to hide weapons in their pants, they carry drugs in their pockets, and in special hidden pockets.
we should ban clothes too.
you know what, that's still not far enough.
Criminals, they have babies, and babies can grow up to be criminals, we need to stop that before it even starts. I say we sterilize everyone. can't be too careful future criminals are born every second!
The point of this post is that banning physical cash because criminals use it is RIDICULOUS just like the suggestions I made. Now I don't use physical cash if I can help it, I have debit cards and credit cards I prefer to use, but to get rid of something just because criminals use it? Why might as well ban breathing air, Criminals do that too.
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pedophiles use message boards.
we should ban message boards.
lol not affected just felt I had to post something on the Outpost!
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Lyndrek posted:
just felt I had to post something on the Outpost!
next time, resist that urge!!!
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Lots of hookers only accept cash.
No way anyone in DC is going to do away with it based on that fact alone.
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reesescups posted:
Lyndrek posted:
just felt I had to post something on the Outpost!
next time, resist that urge!!!
Criminals use sarcasm.
sarcasm should be banned too!
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So long as we still get charged a fee using credit in many places, cash isnt going anywhere.
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It will never happen because when it does and cash transactions go away many many businesses, large and small, will not be able to "hide" certain things via untraceable cash transactions. This means business will have to claim more and pay more taxes. That will never happen.
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Whatever physical cash you are carrying on you can be taken by criminals.
However every digital penny that you own can be hacked away while sitting in a bank's database.
Until we get to a more digitally secure future, physical money please.
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Corky_Aloof posted:
So long as we still get charged a fee using credit in many places, cash isnt going anywhere.
1. They're not allowed to charge you a fee for using credit.
2. You pay an around-the-back fee anyhow because the card company charges the merchant 2%. Everyone is already paying more right now because of credit cards. You just don't see it on your bill because that way stupid people don't realize they're paying it.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Corky_Aloof posted:
So long as we still get charged a fee using credit in many places, cash isnt going anywhere.
1. They're not allowed to charge you a fee for using credit.
2. You pay an around-the-back fee anyhow because the card company charges the merchant 2%. Everyone is already paying more right now because of credit cards. You just don't see it on your bill because that way stupid people don't realize they're paying it.
Most small businesses around here have a $10 minimum for credit purchases. So long as this practice is allowed, cash isnt going anywhere.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Corky_Aloof posted:
So long as we still get charged a fee using credit in many places, cash isnt going anywhere.
1. They're not allowed to charge you a fee for using credit.
2. You pay an around-the-back fee anyhow because the card company charges the merchant 2%. Everyone is already paying more right now because of credit cards. You just don't see it on your bill because that way stupid people don't realize they're paying it.
When I tried to pay for my car tags online the state wanted to hit me with a 3% convenience fee for using a credit card. I mailed the greedy bitches a check.
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Unless something changed when I wasn't paying attention, there used to be lots of gas stations that had a credit price and a cash price. The credit price was always higher by a couple cents.
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Corky_Aloof posted:
Most small businesses around here have a $10 minimum for credit purchases.
Remember to send a nice thank you card to Sen. Dodd and Rep. Frank for this.
Minimum purchases for credit cards weren't allowed until Dodd/Frank.
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Sea_of_inK posted:
Unless something changed when I wasn't paying attention, there used to be lots of gas stations that had a credit price and a cash price. The credit price was always higher by a couple cents.
They can offer a cash discount. They can't charge you a fee for using a card. That may seem like a semantic difference but for various reasons in practice it actually isn't.
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Bjorvald posted:
Minimum purchases for credit cards weren't allowed until Dodd/Frank.
Huh, you learn something every day. Well, that's one thing the bill got 100% right.
When you bought a pack of gum with a credit card merchants used to be forced to eat the 30 cent loss they were taking from the fee. Which just meant they jacked up pricse on everyone else. So everyone else was subsidizing you paying with your credit card.
Allowing credit card minimum purchase value is an excellent change. It would be even better if they passed a law requiring you to pay the fees, not the merchant.
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Sea_of_inK posted:
Unless something changed when I wasn't paying attention, there used to be lots of gas stations that had a credit price and a cash price. The credit price was always higher by a couple cents.
They can offer a cash discount. They can't charge you a fee for using a card. That may seem like a semantic difference but for various reasons in practice it actually isn't.
In practice, I'm paying more with one than I am the the other. Whether I'm being discounted for using cash or charged a fee for the credit really makes no practical difference at the end of the day..
seems like semantics to me 
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There are reasons you basically only see cash discounts offered at gas stations. And only in some states, btw.
It isn't just a coincidence.
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Ptilk posted:
Lots of hookers only accept cash.
No way anyone in DC is going to do away with it based on that fact alone.
 
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If this was a school I would beat you all up for your lunch money.
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Only times I use my credit card is when I buy stuff on the web.
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If this was a school I would beat you all up for your lunch money.
If this was your lawn I would be walking all all over it.
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