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Fetterman pushes cash payments bill with
GOP colleague: 'Every American should
be able to use paper currency'

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Posted By: Mizz Fixxit, 7/21/2025 11:05:59 AM

Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., have introduced a bill that would generally require those conducting in-person business to accept cash as payment from customers. "Any person engaged in the business of selling or offering goods or services at retail to the public who accepts in-person payments at a physical location … shall accept cash as a form of payment for sales made at such physical location in amounts up to and including $500 per transaction," the measure stipulates, in part.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 7/21/2025 11:13:36 AM (No. 1980446)
For five years the bill stipulates that businesses are not required to accept denominations of $50 bills or larger. That seems silly. A $20 bill in 1990 is equal to a $50 bill in 2025.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Jethro bo 7/21/2025 11:18:58 AM (No. 1980448)
It shows just how insane the DeMS-134 are when the most sane and rational elected DeMS-13 has known mental health issues.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 7/21/2025 11:26:06 AM (No. 1980451)
We don't want Americans subjugated by the government by debanking Americans, the way they did Melania Trump and the Trump family, gun companies, J6ers, and banks providing credit card information to the Deep State, all without a warrant. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK, EU, all have used similar techniques to subdue their populations. And they cannot understand why people don't have any trust in their governments.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: pc504 7/21/2025 11:27:51 AM (No. 1980452)
Neither one of these guys have never operated a business in the hood. Let’s say your a parts house selling A/C components, you own the building but the neighborhood is rough. A big sign on the door saying no cash accepted keeps you from getting robbed and keeps people coming in and asking the clerk for a dollar.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Venturer 7/21/2025 11:29:04 AM (No. 1980453)
It says right on the dollar bill "this note is legal tender for all debts public and private" It's small print, but it's there. I use cash for everything, I only use a credit card on vacation so I don't have to carry so much of it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jalo1951 7/21/2025 11:30:35 AM (No. 1980454)
I do not own, nor want, a smartphone. I do not have a debit card. I use cash or a check. I do use paypal for online purchases. Leave me the hell alone and let me shop as I wish.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: WWIIDaughter 7/21/2025 11:41:15 AM (No. 1980462)
This was a tough call for me. On the one hand, I support private businesses doing legal business as they prefer, including those in bad neighborhoods. However, a comment on Fox article thread changed my mind+++ It's even more important that the customer (that would me!) should have privacy from government tracking my purchases, where I am and what I'm doing. Giving up our cash is almost as dangerous as giving up our self-defense rights per the 2nd Amendment.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: davew 7/21/2025 11:48:34 AM (No. 1980469)
Legitimate businesses will never publicly admit it, but the reason they prefer cash is that it is anonymous, allowing them to choose whether to report it as part of their income and avoid taxes. Drug dealers, pimps, scam artists, and other predators prefer cash because it lets them profit from illegal activities without reporting their income on their taxes. There is no legitimate reason for using paper money over government-backed stablecoin currency. The government can seize your bank accounts and freeze your assets in either system. Unless you are Walter White and keep a storage bin filled with $40 million in hundreds, you don't need to take the risk of carrying paper money.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Vaquero45 7/21/2025 12:36:30 PM (No. 1980490)
This is a good idea. I pay cash whenever possible. I pay waitstaff tips in cash whenever possible. And I would ALWAYS buy a firearm with cash.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: NorthernDog 7/21/2025 1:02:49 PM (No. 1980494)
Agree a business should not refuse cash up to a limit. If you are buying a new car then I can see not being able to pay in $1 bills.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: paral04 7/21/2025 1:22:15 PM (No. 1980497)
Isn't "Legal Tender" written on the bills? If so, it says it all. Why all the drama to pass something that is already settled?
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Reply 12 - Posted by: earlybird 7/21/2025 1:22:44 PM (No. 1980498)
I have never run into this problem in California. I do know that stores often will not take a large bill for a small purchase but that has to do with change-making. They do not want to have to keep large amounts of cash on hand for change. Larger bills are the ones usually counterfeited.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Scrubber 7/21/2025 1:49:20 PM (No. 1980508)
Boy, sure are a lot of Luddites here.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Bur Oak 7/21/2025 1:50:31 PM (No. 1980509)
We have enough laws for small businesses. Decades ago I was with a fellow contesting a $300 OSHA fine. He pulled out three $100 to pay the government. They refused to take it. I've always believed that right there and then his debt should have been canceled.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 7/21/2025 1:54:42 PM (No. 1980511)
I am very much in favor of this. I find it incredibly un-American to refuse to accept good old US legal tender.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: Vaquero45 7/21/2025 1:55:17 PM (No. 1980512)
“Money is truthful. If a man speaks to you of his honor, make him pay cash.” — Robert Heinlein.
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Reply 17 - Posted by: DVC 7/21/2025 2:38:16 PM (No. 1980522)
Excellent idea. Forcing the use of credit cards or other electronic payments is about CONTROL, and is anti freedom at its core.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: DVC 7/21/2025 2:46:16 PM (No. 1980523)
Trotting out the old, tired "Luddites" thing is proof of no legitimate argument, not much different than the third grade taunts that we used to hear. Trusting the government to be able to track the spending of every dollar is naive in the extreme.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Sgt. Stubby 7/21/2025 3:02:02 PM (No. 1980529)
Millions don't have access to a bank account? In the DC area, street beggars want you to put money in their VENMO accounts!😵‍💫 When you sign up for VENMO, you first need to verify your bank account. One of our favorite fast casual restaurants in DC, hasn't accepted cash for years. I assumed it was because of robbery concerns. No cash in the till...no problem. Except for tips, I rarely use cash anymore. But that's my choice.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: snowoutlaw 7/21/2025 3:06:50 PM (No. 1980531)
If the hood is so bad the customer is in more danger than the store which should have a drop-box safe for any big bills.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: WI Cynic 7/21/2025 3:58:31 PM (No. 1980559)
The last firearm I purchased was from a store that was cash only. That makes a lot more sense to me than "card only".
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Catherine 7/21/2025 4:18:06 PM (No. 1980592)
My first thought on this is what if I lose my card? What if someone finds it and uses it. How do I send money to a grandchild? How do I tuck away a few dollars just because I might need extra one day? Why would anyone trust the government and banks to have sole control over their money? No thanks. I use cash a lot. I've had businesses go back into my debit card for money I never authorized. I can't imagine this scenario if using a card is my only choice.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: ramona 7/21/2025 5:37:44 PM (No. 1980623)
Try using cash at an airport these days. I don't like having to pay for a bottle of water with a card, but the airports I've been in this past year or so do not take cash for anything. Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 24 - Posted by: paral04 7/21/2025 5:40:22 PM (No. 1980627)
Our paper money has "Legal Tender" written on it and it needs to stay that way. The government doesn't need to know that you spent $50.00 on booze.
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Reply 25 - Posted by: mossley 7/21/2025 5:55:15 PM (No. 1980633)
For all the oh, so sophisticated anti-luddites - wait until you're in a natural disaster that takes out the phone lines. No phone lines, no credit card transactions. I've been stuck in this situation a few times after heavy storms. Cash always works.
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Reply 26 - Posted by: Mizz Fixxit 7/21/2025 6:15:25 PM (No. 1980639)
Poster 23, at Denver International, you cannot pay for parking at the airport exit with cash. I heard there is kiosk at the terminal for those who wish to use cash.
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