State bans cash sales on second hand goods

[mtangelsfan]

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111019/17424316421/louisiana-makes-it-illegal-to-use-cash-secondhand-sales.shtml

 

Louisiana

 

This includes garage sales.  Remarkably, the one group that doesn't have to follow this are pawn shops.

 

I swear this country is so damn stupid. 

Edited April 15, 2015 by mtangelsfan

[Adam]

LOL

 

That is awesome. 

[Adam]

Article doesn't say but I guarantee he's a dem

[Tank]

"I do wonder if that's even legal. Our cash clearly says that "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." While businesses may have the right to refuse cash, can a government outlaw the use of cash? That seems pretty extreme. "

 

absolutely.

 

we've entered a very frightening era. from federal agencies tracking our phone calls and emails to the suggestion of embedding RSA chips in people to state lawmakers wanting to put boxes in our cars that track where we drive to now putting a ban on using cash. why does our gov't feel the need to invasively know our every move? oh, that's right - terrorism.

 

we are doomed.

[nate]

I am dumbfounded...

[arch stanton]

I wish I was in Louisiana just long enough to defy this and dare them to come and get me.

[Jay]

Article doesn't say but I guarantee he's a dem

 

that's an easy call

[Brandon]

Article doesn't say but I guarantee he's a dem

 

Correct.

 

http://ballotpedia.org/Rickey_Hardy

 

 

On a side note, how ****ing stupid is it that if some dude wants to sell his microwave or Pokemon collection on Craigslist for $20 he has to accept a check. How do they even enforce that?

 

My only problem with this bill is that someone had to actually come up with it and put it in motion to waste everyone's time and money. 

[Glen]

This is insane.

[Jay]

Correct.

 

http://ballotpedia.org/Rickey_Hardy

 

 

On a side note, how ****ing stupid is it that if some dude wants to sell his microwave or Pokemon collection on Craigslist for $20 he has to accept a check. How do they even enforce that?

 

My only problem with this bill is that someone had to actually come up with it and put it in motion to waste everyone's time and money. 

 

That has to be some sort of civil rights violation.  What if a person doesn't have a checking account?  Or even a bank account?  They can't buy used clothes or a blanket?

 

Probably not enforced.

[arch stanton]

For the record, the one named in the article is a Dem but both houses of the Louisiana state legislature are solid Republican majorities.

[Jay]

Yep signed by the governor, a Republican

 

http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo.aspx?s=11RS&b=HB195&sbi=y

[Jay]

It has to do with second-hand dealers buying stuff from individuals, not the other way around.

 

So a person can buy items with cash if it's not intended for resale.

[Blarg]

Remember when Brian was saying a revolution was on the way. Looks like Louisiana is the starting point.

[nate]

It is amazing that democrats and republicans can never agree on anything.  When they do it is something as stupid as this.

[Blarg]

The agree on tracking every penny everyone makes to tax them.

[Blarg]

I guess Storage Wars and America Pickers are going to avoid Louisiana .

[Blarg]

BTW does this include Confederate cash or just that damn Yankee cash?

[gotbeer]

Check Fraud.  You have been missed.  Time for a comeback in Louisiana.  

[Crampknees]

I called my crack dealer and he says he still requires cash. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I called my crack dealer and he says he still requires cash. 

 

Don't meet him in Louisiana.

 

I read the supposed logic behind this law, and it seems to ban cash transactions. However, it allows money orders, which cannot be traced. I fail to see the point.

[mtangelsfan]

All this does again, is put the hammer down on the poor and middle class, both buyers and sellers.  Be forced to take checks that can bounce.

 

This is also an information power grab.  They want that buyer/seller information.

[arch stanton]

BTW this law was passed in October, 2011. I imagine it's largely ignored.

[Blarg]

I am a little surprised this hasn't found it's way to a high court ruling that the state cannot control what form of payment is made for goods and services considering it is the national currency in question.

[Crampknees]

All this does again, is put the hammer down on the poor and middle class, both buyers and sellers.  Be forced to take checks that can bounce.

 

This is also an information power grab.  They want that buyer/seller information.

I agree, they want every move we make recorded.