A cashless Walmart?!?!

[smoothshooter]

A lot of the fast food places in my part of town aren't taking cash anymore because they were getting robbed on a, seemingly, regular basis.

As far as a cashless society, I don't know. Cash, is for the most part, is untraceable. I'm just thinking out loud, but, how is/are the ruling class and other "elites" going pay for their drugs, illegal activities and get/give bribes? Write a check? Paypal?

The government wants everyone to have to use cards so they can monitor and tax more transactions. Also, it would make it easier to keep people from buying “unapproved, and too much of things such as fatty foods, ammo, guns, fuel, etc.
Make no mistake, that’s what it’s all about.

 

[Maddog 521]

We are giving up way to much if WE give up cash. IMHO we need to stop the madness and stand up.

 

[Roofuss]

Always carry cash, certainly never use any cards at a gas station, and pay all bills with a check, and yes, by snail mail. Sorry, I'm old school and it has never failed me. If we ever go to a "no cash " system, the powers that be will be able to track ever financial move you make .

 

[Bald1]

Going cashless allows them to eliminate what few cashiers they have left. Could be a manpower issue. Could be a greed issue……. I do know this. Saturday, as a matter of convenience my wife ordered groceries on line and had them delivered. Normally they substitute name brand items when generic is out of stock. They were out of store brand dark roast coffee. Rather than substitute it came in the mail Tuesday?!?!?!?!? Not exactly cost effective

 

[45Smashemflat]

You might note that the largest denomination is $100. Years ago, that was not true. I realize most of us are not millionaires, but just consider the physical space high dollar amounts take up. A conspiracy theory is that making $100 the largest bill discourages hoarding/hiding large amounts of cash.

 

[SMSgt]

The government wants everyone to have to use cards so they can monitor and tax more transactions. Also, it would make it easier to keep people from buying “unapproved, and too much of ) things such as fatty foods, ammo, guns, fuel, etc.
Make no mistake, that’s what it’s all about.

Look at the high employment with hiring all those people to track billions of daily purchases at the stores nationwide.

 

[Maddog 521]

One million dollars of Benjamin's only weigh 22 pounds.
About one backpack full.

 

[NYlakesider]

Always carry cash, certainly never use any cards at a gas station, and pay all bills with a check, and yes, by snail mail. Sorry, I'm old school and it has never failed me. If we ever go to a "no cash " system, the powers that be will be able to track ever financial move you make .

Well I'm a luddite for the most part and do carry a bit of cash at all times. With that said I use my CCs for most any purchase I make. I rather enjoy getting paid by the CC company for using their card, all you got to do is pay in full each month.

Also using those cards I get a nice print out of what I spent money on. I use one CC exclusively for medical issues, same deal it keeps track of where and when I did something medical.

As far as being on goverment lists, I would be rather disappointed if by now I'm not on on a lot of lists. Heck they know what I'm going to do before I do it.-

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

You might note that the largest denomination is $100. Years ago, that was not true. I realize most of us are not millionaires, but just consider the physical space high dollar amounts take up. A conspiracy theory is that making $100 the largest bill discourages hoarding/hiding large amounts of cash.

Actually the reason it was done was because of drug trafficking. A million dollars of $100 bills is a lot harder to hide than a million dollars of $500 bills or $1,000 bills. It ain't a theory.

 

[ladder13]

Cashless society? In the works for a few thousand years.

 

[03hemi]

Absolutely refuse to pay with your debit card if REQUIRED even if you have to walk out. Or, just lay down cash and say take it, leave it or comp it, period.
Going cashless is part of the"end game."

 

[Countrycuz]

I don't get as many 100 dollar bills anymore, as it seems some places don't like to change them. Now it's getting that way with 50's.

 

[jeffrefrig]

I'll carry some cash; usually less than $50. I use my debit card almost exclusively. Any unusual activities, which are almost exclusively in some other state, the card company will deny the transaction until they get ahold of me. Then I have to wait a week or so for my new card. I have two banks, so I'm not left high & dry before I can get to the credit union or bank to cash a check. Works for me. (I don't have enough money in my checking accounts to make it worth their while!)

 

[steelslaver]

Cash was an government or traders invention just like cards. We have had a clam less society for a long time. Yet, cashless, clamless trade (barter) has never gone away and never will.

Notice the big bills now have a strip in them. IF the EVIL THEY really wanted to track you adding a small chip to bills wouldn't be hard and then tracking those no harder than tracking cards. Besides you are getting you cash somewhere and very few of us have that much buried in the back yard. The EVIL THEY want a look at you bank activities, the will just look

There is actually only a 2 trillion dollars in paper money in circulation now and a big share of that is held by foreign countries

We have been near cashless for a long time. Almost nobody is paid in cash, you get a check or just a pay statement, the banks takes it from the company's computer account and puts it in your computer account. Very little of it ever becomes actual cash.

Go down to the bank and tell them you want $20,000 in cash out of your accounts. LOL. Good luck with that.

There was a time you could go about life with no bank account, no longer. If you walk into a bank with a pay check written on one of their accounts they will not cash it if you do not have an account with them.

I had a guy who had not account. He did have valid ID, but always had to go to bank with company officer to cash his check. I once mistakenly had him sign his check and I gave him cash, then, when I went to my bank (a large nation wide bank) to deposit his signed check in my account they would not take it even though I had multiple times as much as the check in both my checking and savings accounts. It was a fairly large construction company with a multi million dollar payroll that has been around for decades.

Nationally we have averaged going nearly 2 trillion dollars in the hole every single year for the last 7 years, under 2 completely different administrations, totalling almost 12 trillion bucks.

A million in $100 might only weigh 22.2# but a billion weighs 22,200# and 2 billion nearly 45,000# which is the capacity of a semi trailer. So, 1 trillion bucks in $100 would need 500 semi trailer to move. We did not print 6,000 semi loads of cash in the last 7 years although it would explain the toilet paper shortages if we had.

 

[GypsmJim]

If I pay cash, I pay full price. Why do that?

If I use my CC, I get 2% credit off my bill. Makes more sense to me.

If a business charges a 2% premium for CC, I use the card just for the convenience. If the surcharge is more than 2% I shop elsewhere.

Personally, I couldn't care less about political correctness or who tracks what. I'm all about cost effectiveness.

 

[Beemerguy53]

For those who think "they" want to "control" us...

Do you own property? Do you pay taxes? Did you serve in the military? Do you have a driver's license? A cell phone? Social Security account? Any professional or business licenses? Investments? Concealed carry permit? Airline frequent flyer account? Rewards account at your grocery store or gas station? What is about you "they" want to know that any teenager with some rudimentary computer skills can't learn?

Conspiracy theories about the government notwithstanding, your lending institutions, credit card companies, and internet providers know far more about you than the government. "They" don't have to manipulate us toward a cashless society in order to "control" us. That horse left the barn a long time ago...

 

[Beemerguy53]

Absolutely refuse to pay with your debit card if REQUIRED even if you have to walk out. Or, just lay down cash and say take it, leave it or comp it, period.
Going cashless is part of the"end game."

The "end game" for a lot of merchants is not to get robbed. I don't think that's an unreasonable concern.

 

[03hemi]

The "end game" for a lot of merchants is not to get robbed. I don't think that's an unreasonable concern.

Maybe do some research on what the "end game" actually is?

 

[45Smashemflat]

Actually the reason it was done was because of drug trafficking. A million dollars of $100 bills is a lot harder to hide than a million dollars of $500 bills or $1,000 bills. It ain't a theory.

Oh yeah, I don’t disagree it’s related to all forms of illicit trade. But it impacts anyone who uses cash.

I seem to recall Pablo Escobar lost millions of dollars to rats due to having piles of it stored in various places. “Cost of doing business “ I guess.

 

[dave1918a2]

Many places around here are now charging 3-4% add on if You use a credit card or debit card. Several suggest cash to avoid that charge. I always have a sigificant amount of cash available for certain contingincies such as a gun purchase or a power outage.