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The global cashless movement meets its foe: Local government
More Americans are ditching paper money, but critics of cashless restaurants and shops say many people are being left behind.
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***** Moderator's Note *****
This isn't "telecom" at first glance, but there are two things that worry me about this story:
- It doesn't make sense: there's a something missing that I can't figure out. Local governments don't act the way that this story implies, at least in my experience.
- "Smart" phones are being drafted to substitute for credit cards, and those portable computers are unavailable to most of the homeless, to many lower-income families, and to undocumented person afraid of being tracked. That's being given as the reason for local government's concern - but it doesn't make sense. I've never known a small businessman who wouldn't prefer cash over EFT, and local store owners know their Councilman's home phone number.
It doesn't pass the smell test.
Bill Horne Moderator