National Park Service sued over cashless
entry at parks, historic sties across US
USA Today,
by
Saman Shafiq
Original Article
Posted By: sunset,
3/20/2024 7:45:29 PM
Three Americans are suing the National Park Service over the agency's refusal to accept cash payments to enter parks across the U.S.
The Americans − from California, New York and Georgia − filed the lawsuit earlier this month in federal court in Washington, D.C., saying that the park service is violating federal law by not allowing guests to pay cash to enter various parks, monuments and historic sites.
The lawsuit says the park service's policy violates a U.S. law that says that "coins and currency ... are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes and dues." "Thus, NPS’ refusal to accept U.S. Currency tendered for entrance fees constitutes a
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Bur Oak 3/20/2024 7:51:45 PM (No. 1681862)
I once accompanied an employer to a meeting with an OSHA official. At this meeting he was fined $300. He pulled out his wallet and handed the official three one hundred dollar bills. The official refused them. I always wondered if he couldn't have declared the debt paid.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 3/20/2024 8:25:04 PM (No. 1681866)
It says right on it, "Legal tender for all debts, public and private."
Too bad if you want to track us all.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 3/20/2024 8:34:28 PM (No. 1681867)
I was sympathetic at the beginning of the article. However, the details regarding the handling of large amounts of cash at the usually remote locations of the National Parks, including cost of law enforcement escorts and travel time to far away banks, offer compelling reasons for the switch to debit/credit cards. The Parks also accept gift cards easily purchased at nearby stores, so there is no reason a "cash only" visitor is unable to enter except by personal pique. The kicker is at the end of the article; "They [plaintives] seek no monetary award," he said, adding that "Children’s Health Defense is financially backing the lawsuit."
Hmmmm - Strange bedfellows there. What's the agenda?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
padiva 3/20/2024 8:45:21 PM (No. 1681869)
So.....does this mean that biden can't move the USA to a cashless society?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Lake Dweller 3/20/2024 9:02:01 PM (No. 1681875)
It says right on the money that they have to accept it. Let them try to arrest you.
But we don’t live in America anymore, so you could end up in jail. Sick.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Mizz Fixxit 3/20/2024 9:09:25 PM (No. 1681876)
The left specializes in the fallacy of inevitability. And they’ll start telling us that a transition to a cashless society is inevitable. I am a former H.S. business teacher. Many times I told students that a cashless society is the ultimate invasion of privacy.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
konocti95 3/20/2024 9:14:39 PM (No. 1681879)
No cash??? How in the heck will Fani Willis ever get Nathan Wade into the Carlsbad Cavern?
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 3/20/2024 9:19:57 PM (No. 1681880)
"It says right on it, "Legal tender for all debts, public and private."
They will likely change that when they get the CBDC system operating.
Just like Social Security Cards used to say right on therm, that the Number was ONLY for Social Security and Tax purposes, not for identification purposes. And now they don't, because just about everyone started demanding it for identification.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
edgar 3/20/2024 9:28:35 PM (No. 1681886)
Sounds very racist to only allow non-cash payments. My liberal friends tell me that black people do not have plastic payment conveyance tools, which are harder to get than a government issued ID that is typically required to vote.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 3/20/2024 9:31:59 PM (No. 1681890)
There are NO compelling reasons to not accept cash! It’s government agency. It’s U.S. currency. Find the person responsible for this policy and FIRE them! Enough!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
3XALADY 3/20/2024 9:42:35 PM (No. 1681897)
They couldn't use their S.N.A.P. cards? I guess that is what you call them? I have never seen one.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
chumley 3/20/2024 9:55:56 PM (No. 1681902)
We are already taxed for those parks. Nobody should have to pay out of pocket to use them. More robbery.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
NorthernDog 3/20/2024 10:18:14 PM (No. 1681909)
Many parks also have a gift shop, cafe, or at least vending machines for refreshments. Are those all cashless too?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 3/20/2024 11:48:02 PM (No. 1681942)
#3 - I really don't care if it inconveniences the government. Cash and coin are the legal tender of the United States. They foist trillions of dollars of burden on us every year, with countless laws and rules to control and curtail our freedom.
What is really going on is the signal. In this case, the signal is the cashless system that will track every transaction, enrich the credit card processing companies even more than they are now, and the threat of reducing your rights as a citizen of the United States of America to ashes.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
5 handicap 3/21/2024 6:56:10 AM (No. 1682038)
It seems to me that their JOB is to serve the citizenry, since not all citizens have credit/debit cards and cash is legal tender, they MUST take it. Tell the Park Service to do their damned job!
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Perhaps park rangers are looking for ways to avoid being robbed. They might be permitted to require customers provide exact amounts of cash and be allowed to decline making change. Any cash could be deposited to a safe. Outright refusing to accept cash is the wrong way to treat customers.