Yeah, I don’t understand why this is downvoted either… do people not think women’s rights are in jeopardy? I mean, if they don’t live in the US maybe nothing has changed in their world so this doesn’t impact them. Being American, Roe v Wade being overturned is terrifying to me.

Ikr! Like everything is 10x more expensive nowadays

Should higher! We need this to survive!

Yep. In china, everything you do once you set foot out of ur home is recorded.

Affordable home is a myth.

I am severely asthmatic and if I have to walk through some employee's cigarette smoke to enter a business, I turn around and take my business elsewhere. Not worth it.

YES PLEASE!

a 'stupid tax' if ever there was one.

Just stayed in this thing, - hotel they are calling it. Didn't have to take the garbage out, strip the room, pay a "cleaning" fee or feed anyone's cat. Hope they catch on.

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I disagree. I come on boardpanda on a regular basis and I find my faith in humanity restored regularly

Let me guess, this is in the US?

I still buy DVDs/BluRays. I like actually owning the thing and being able to reliably access it for the next 20-50 years. Only series and movies I've rewatched at least once and want to watch again though.

Without cash our society would be far worse off

Using a card means they can track every purchase you make.

Nope, apparently cash is still king with younger generations as it's a good way to watch how much you spend. If you only have $20 in your pocket and no cards, you can only spend $20.

In one hand, cash is very important. Homeless people can find it, ask for it and earn it to be able to feed themselves, because a bank wouldn't let a homeless person just waltz on in and set up an account. It's also great for things that are more under-the-table, like doing little jobs without the government wanting your hard earned money, since the government can't tax cash. It's anonymous money and what you do with it is up to you and nobody can invade your privacy on what you spend it on. In the other hand, however, it's easier to steal and you can't trace it. It's also awkward trying to put your change back into your wallet because you're holding up the line. You can also get your digital money back from your bank if it was stolen. So, I think cash AND digital money should stay to make life easier for everyone.

Honestly can't remember the last time I paid with cash.

Cash is great! I don't need anyone having a play by play of where my money goes. CC are just another way to collect and analyze consumer data. No thank you!

The debt collectors are salivating at this. Physical money helped people avoid overcharges and took money management. Now most Americans are financially illiterate.

It sucks because I spend far less when I have cash in wallet vs only cards.

Businesses going cashless is discriminatory. Not everyone can have a bank account or afford one. Minimum balances or required monthly deposits plus all the fees. Anyone who has had their identity stolen will have a hard time holding a bank account (my husband has not had a bank account in five years due to this). Edit for typo

Yeah, our government was "thinking". What is we simply cancelled cash and everything was paid in card transactions?

Cash will never go away as long as there are things you don't want known that you paid for, like illegal drugs.

In our country, only poor people and mafia still use cash.

I know of 2 cash only businesses, ironically both were restaurants. 1 is out of business.

A cashless society is one that is under the thumb of any entity that controls the banks, and we all saw how quickly the Canadian govt shut off access to the accounts of those it doesn't like. Fight central digital currency like your life depends on it...because it does.

Banning cash means a government can make you broke with the flip of the switch. They can't make the cash disappear out of your wallet. They have to physically come and take it. I don't trust either party to have the power to make me completely without money with the flip of the switch, Republicans or Democrats!

A cashless society is the last thing we need, On top of everything else that's happening in the world now.

Yet you say NFT's is phasing out? Soon every purchase you make will be cashless and an NFT

Sweden is almost cash free. I have not used cash in several years. I don’t even use my card. Just blip my phone. When I’m thinking about it, I don’t even have a wallet! It’s wonderful!

I only use Cash!!! MY Money! Why should I pay someone to allow me to use MY OWN money??? And, cash isn't being tracked constantly as I spend it. Paranoid? Yes, I am. Thanks to Social Security and Media. (Google?, yep)

I live in India, and in recent years, cash transactions have gone down grossly. The government introduced digital payments few years ago, which has become the norm everywhere now. So yes, i agree.

My small town disagrees. So many cash only place here.

Some smaller stores are cash only and I keep cash for tips and the like. Find I use it less and less though

I tried to pay w cash today and the place I was at was “only set up to accept cards at the time”

I was in a Starbucks a few years ago when a small cup of plain, ordinary coffee was still relatively inexpensive and I was the only person in line who paid with cash.

There's like 3 things I use cash for now and I don't ever have any on me on a regular basis. Before COVID I pretty much ONLY used cash..

This will be obsolete soon.

I was 90% cash until C***D. Now I'm more 50/50.

The ultimate class divider. Those able do all their banking electronically and those that still need the physical paper/coins to perform daily tasks.

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Cash = crime.

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Because we shop mostly online you absolute walnut