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re: Legality of Banning Cash Payments

Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:35 pm to
Posted by Dadren
Jawja
Member since Dec 2023
3539 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:35 pm to
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Why do you want government able to know everything detail of your financial life?

Unless you’re not filing taxes, the government knows just as much about you as they know about my ApplePay-using arse.
Posted by TheFlyingTiger
Member since Oct 2009
4293 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:37 pm to
quote:


So you want government regulating business even more?

If you dont like a cashless business then dont give them business


i believe the covid times completely wrecked this "it's a private company bro" bullshite line of reasoning.
Posted by baldona
Florida
Member since Feb 2016
24566 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:38 pm to
quote:

Cash needed to be banned at stadium concessions, the amount of theft was off the charts(cashiers not ringing up items, pocketing cash)


You could still do this very easily. Only accept the cash when no change is needed
Posted by SECCaptain
Member since Jun 2025
3174 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:43 pm to
You don’t even need to do that, simply open the drawer and give back correct change. Remove excess cash at end of shift so everything balanced

Cash at stadiums will never work due to the type of people working those kiosks and the costs required to monitor them
Posted by Traffic Circle
Down the Rabbit Hole
Member since Nov 2013
5207 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:51 pm to
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due to the type of people working those kiosks and the costs required to monitor them


Hmmmm …..
Posted by DCtiger1
Member since Jul 2009
12207 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 1:56 pm to
It's a huge pain in the arse to accept cash for some types of businesses. It also opens said business up to having to deal with employee theft, counterfeit currency, etc.

Posted by chryso
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
14231 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:01 pm to
You can't use cash on the cruise ship when you're ordering things, but you can settle with cash at the end of the cruise. I just did it.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
80536 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

No one should be able to force you not to use cash, if that's how you want to pay


Like the gay cake thing. Don't use the business.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
27943 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:26 pm to
NYState has a law requiring the acceptance of cash payments. Some other states too. Seems to be a civil rights issue since some people don't have plastic.

Posted by upgrayedd
Lifting at Tobin's house
Member since Mar 2013
139345 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 3:50 pm to
If a cashless place says you can’t pay with cash, you can give them the exact amount, take the item and leave. That’s not illegal.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
42001 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:04 pm to
If a business does not accept cash, that business should also be banned from charging a card fee.

Posted by GVT
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2004
1053 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 4:31 pm to
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I am all for going cashless. Tap to pay has been so much easier. Also, as someone who can use a credit card responsibly for the points, its even better.


They want to be able to control and "turn off" your money whenever they see fit. Should make everyone suspicious and nervous as hell
Posted by Antonio Moss
The South
Member since Mar 2006
49598 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:26 pm to
quote:

I know why they are doing it (a cashless society destroyed anonymity and lets them know pretty much everything about you


In reality, it’s because it cuts down on accounting and finance obligations tremendously and is a massive theft prevention.


quote:

Is it not legally required anymore that businesses have to accept cash as legal tender?



No. There is no federal law that requires businesses to accept cash (the exception being debt transactions)
Posted by America250
Member since Jun 2026
447 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:31 pm to
The government wants to track you with electronic data. Everytime you use your credit or debit card the government can access your location. More big brother monitoring you.
Posted by Harvey Vortac
MidCity
Member since Aug 2024
737 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:39 pm to
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Cash is legal tender means that the value of the cash dollar is guaranteed by the government. It means the government recognizes it for the value and not just a piece of paper. It has NOTHING to do with mandating a business or a government office must accept cash.


So I guess the wording “For all debts public and private” on legal tender means nothing
Posted by UFFan
Planet earth, Milky Way Galaxy
Member since Aug 2016
4270 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 6:46 pm to
You didn’t know that you will own nothing and be happy? As our overlord Klaus Schwab said?
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13285 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 7:44 pm to
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It has NOTHING to do with mandating a business or a government office must accept cash.


I'd say that you are wrong. Take possession of the item (pick up a can of soup from the shelf). Then if they refuse to take cash, cite the following:

[embed]What Legal Tender Means

Valid Debt Repayment: If you owe a debt, offering legal tender fulfills your legal obligation to pay it. A creditor generally cannot refuse legal tender when it is offered to settle an existing debt.
[/embed]
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
11445 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 7:53 pm to
quote:

So I guess the wording “For all debts public and private” on legal tender means nothing


It means exactly what I said it means. The actual physical bill’s value is backed by the government.
Posted by F1y0n7h3W4LL
Below I-10
Member since Jul 2019
4703 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 7:58 pm to
I'll say that every modern government in the world wants a cashless society. They would prefer a card or the digital equivalent.

The reason? If we have a serial number or rfid chip on or in everything the powers that be cand deny your purchase of anything from an aspirin to a bullet. All the big computer in the sky has to do, is deny that transaction and Big Brother has eliminated your ability of movement and commerce.

Without Big Brother''s nod of approval, you can't even buy a donut hole.
Posted by forkedintheroad
Member since Feb 2025
2980 posts
Posted on 8/4/26 at 8:02 pm to
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Do most Americans agree that cash should be accepted by all business?


Doubt there's a study on it, but I'm betting the answer is yes.
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