The day the government announces they are seeking a cash-free society is the day the revolution should begin because make no mistake about it,a cash-free society is the death of individual freedoms and the beginning of a worldwide dictatorship.
Here are a few points to consider:
1: All financial aspects of your life,your debts and assets as well as your paycheck with be ENTIRELY under the control of a government that has the ability to bankrupt you instantly,seize all your assets instantly,and even prevent you from buying a gallon of gas for your car,a bus ticket,or even a cab to get to work. If you manage to walk,bicycle to work,or catch a ride with a co-worker,the company you work for won't be able to work you because with a single stroke on the "delete" key of a government keyboard,you have ceased to exist.
That's right,everybody will have a government ID number in order to debit and credit their financial accounts,and this number will be on a card that you will have to use for everything from buying a cup of coffee on the way to work in the morning to making your house payment or even selling your house. After all,how can you sell your house if there is no account to credit the sale to?
2: Used to making a little extra money on the weekends by doing stuff like painting houses for people? Forget it. It won't happen unless your and the homeowner buy permits from the government. The homeowner will have to buy a permit to have his house repainted and and painter is going to have to buy a permit to do the work. Otherwise the homeowner won't be able to get his house painted because the painter won't be able to buy the paint,and the painter won't get paid BECAUSE THERE WILL BE NO CASH TRANSACTIONS.
In FACT,the only move you will be able to make is to use the store phone (your cell will be shut down) to call the special 1-800 troublemaker/wanted criminal number so you can tell the police where to come to pick you up. You won't have any choice but to do this if you want to have a place to sleep and you want to keep on eating.
If you think you can get around this by bartering,think again. Nobody will be able to buy the paint or other materials without getting a permit that states who is going to perform the work. Falsifying this government document will be a crime.
You didn't REALLY think the government was going to leave loopholes like this open so people could avoid paying taxes,did you?
What makes this more dangerous than most government proposals to gain power over individuals is they will "sell it" to voters by telling half the truth. They will sell it as a way to end crime,and since almost all crime is a cash business,they will be telling the absolute truth. Neither Antwan on the corner selling crack to cars stopping by or any drug cartel will be applying for federal or state permits to sell illegal drugs,and without the permits there is no way to pay them.
I'm guessing most married guys won't be too eager to give our their ID number to pay for the services of a hooker,either. Wifey might not understand the need when she goes to check their joint account and sees where the money went.
Not to mention what divorce attorneys can do to both husband and wife when they supeona to look for ammunition to use in court.
3: So,you say "I'm fed up with a intrusive government and I'm not going to take it anymore!"? You decide you are going to organize a protest to march on DC to right this wrong. Guess what? You're not going to get there unless you walk because all the government would have to do to shut you OR ANY OTHER TROUBLEMAKERS DOWN is hit the delete key on your account number. Suddenly,you cease to exist. You can't even buy a gallon of gas or a cup of coffee and a donut at the local stop and rob because your number won't come up when they try to debit your account for the purchases.
You won't be able to organize a protest on the internet because your internet service will stop when your account ID number is deleted. Ditto for using the computers at the library. You won't exist so you can't check in at the library.
Your ONLY right will be the "right" to say "Yowsa,massa! May I have one more,massa?"
A cashless society is possible today because of the computing power and storage available today that allows instant access to records and instant completed transactions. This was never available to any of the dictators of the past,but it is available today.
I'm sure there are other negatives attached to a cashless society,but the death of individual freedoms should be enough to turn anyone but committed fascists away from such a system.
