Posted on 10/20/2011 6:20:02 PM PDT by RobertClark
The purpose is not to track criminals.
Its purpose is to make criminals of law abiding citizens so they can be monitored.
Sometimes my tinfoil hat gets the better of me and I start to fret.
With e-books, laws such as this and schools moving away from bound books—will we end up without books at some point?
Have a society that has forgotten how to read?
It would be similar to that movie *The Book of Eli*
Yeah, yeah, I know that’s ridiculous drama but I do worry about what we are losing.
This law makes no sense at all in a free country. The profligate spending of the government is what is causing metals to be worth stealing and selling in the first place. THEY have so devalued the Federal Reserve Note called a Dollar, that copper pennies are worth $.025, instead of $.01. Now they want their foot in the door to all transactions of cash. That is what this is.
If it survives in LA, we can look for other states to try similar nonsense.
Around here 10 to 15% for cash is not unusual, a buck is a buck, maybe.
I am a first hand business,e I provide my services for cash, gold or guns - business will survive
How about...IGNORE THE GOVERNMENT AND DENY EVERYTHING.
They can kiss my southern ass. I pay cash out of pure spite now that they have proclaimed it illegal.
Government asswipes.
Shucks... looks like I am not going to be able to buy Okra from y’all
Garage Sales??? What a bunch of morons. I can see the rubber checks bouncing now.
Many people who go to second hand stores and Goodwill cannot afford the cost of a checking account. Did anyone think of that?
I predict this law has a short shelf life.
Why not just require RECEIPTS for cash transactions? They could use the books that have an original that is given to the customer, and a copy that's retained by the store.
I can hear it now: That's racist! What do you mean that I can't spend the cash proceeds from my drug dealing in the manner that I see fit?!?
What is legal tender?
I'll take worthless green paper stamped Federal Reserve Note for 2000, Alex.
Because unless they make a copy of a DL or something, a receipt or ledger entry, whatever, doesn’t really give the cops anything to go on but what somebody said their name and address were. So the cops (I think) attempt to kill two birds here- discourage sellers who don’t want a record of the transaction (them cashing or depositing a check) and provide the info they need to easily find someone who does take the check.
if you are an illegal, do you just use the stolen id of the ss# u r usiing to buy stuff?
Life "might" contain risks. Deal with it.
The United States Congress says that cash is legal tender. The Louisiana legislature says no it is not for resale transactions.
Want to bet that the US Congress wins this one. Not only will they, but they should.
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