tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post8509042212561179232..comments2024-03-28T19:58:31.110-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: The war on cashPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-10400343595544558652015-05-21T00:29:39.441-05:002015-05-21T00:29:39.441-05:00What about Bitcoins or something similar?What about Bitcoins or something similar?Timbonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-53949070535625496252015-05-20T15:37:33.302-05:002015-05-20T15:37:33.302-05:00I think pre 1965 dimes may become a underground cu...I think pre 1965 dimes may become a underground currency in a cashless society. They are of low enough value that it is not really worth counterfeiting them. And there are enough of them around to serve that function at least for a time. As for gold and silver it is possible to test in a variety of ways, my local coin shop has demonstrated several to me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585277159237026387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-82836302986038333842015-05-20T11:09:03.641-05:002015-05-20T11:09:03.641-05:00Louisiana passed a law that forbids many cash tran...<a href="http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2015/04/cash-banned-in-louisiana-at-garage.html" rel="nofollow">Louisiana passed a law that forbids many cash transactions!</a><br /><br />"With the passage of House Bill 195 into law, the State of Louisiana has banned the use of cash in all transactions involving secondhand goods. State representative Ricky Hardy, a co-author of the bill, claims that the bill targets criminals who traffic in stolen goods. According to Hardy, “It’s a mechanism to be used so the police department has something to go on and have a lead.” The bill prohibits cash transactions by "secondhand dealers," defined to include garage sales, flea markets, resellers of specialty items, and even non-profit resellers like Goodwill. Curiously, it specifically exempts pawnbrokers from the ban. But of course, pawn shops--and not rented stalls at local church flea markets--are notorious as places that criminals frequent to convert stolen goods into quick cash. So what gives? Are the authors of the bill and those who voted for it ignoramuses--or are they deliberately obscuring the real purpose of the bill?"HeroHoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02157411044318901668noreply@blogger.com