Are you ready for a cashless society where you will need a smart phone

[CK_John]

to buy a Big Mac or anything else. This is part of the problems the next administration will be dealing with by 2020.

[Xipe Totec]

1. The cashless society is here

No cash for anything.

[Fumesucker]

2. There are tens of millions of Americans who can't even get a bank account

I guess they'll be starving in the cashless society.

[Rex]

27. The Haves made it loud and clear, we will have many layers of class warfare and like it or

we can just go live out in the streets with the homeless vets.

[MADem]

3. Nope. I want to be spending my Tubmans. And I will not use a phone to pay for stuff.

Call me a Luddite, but I draw the line at debit cards.

[CK_John]

4. Just an app on your phone.

[MADem]

8. Not this 'kid!' I'll travel with Harriet! nt

[Drahthaardogs]

25. Same here

I also WRITE checks. No company is getting access to my checking account period! I write the check for the amount and you get to cash it. No automatic payments for me.

[immoderate]

5. Do kids still get an allowance?

How does that work?

--imm

[CK_John]

6. I have not kept up with technical side but the banks want to do away

with atm's and vendors are tired of giving the banks a percent to use a debit or credit card.

[WillowTree]

10. The physical card may go away, but the use of credit as a payment method wouldn't.

Thus, the fees that vendors pay for accepting credit would still be around, too.

[bjo59]

7. I think a lot of people will be more than willing to give up their access to cash. I also think that a

lot of people have not the first clue as to what this means for the future of human autonomy. (I also doubt that more than a few people have spent even two minutes thinking about the implications of "bail ins" and negative interest rates. Ignorance is bliss, I guess - until it isn't.)

[4now]

9. It would be better then handling ass pennies.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2n6137

This is probably something they teach at Trump U.

[miyazaki]

19. lmao. n/t

[melman]

11. No

I think it stinks. I want to be able to make purchases that aren't tracked.

[freeplessinseattle]

12. Strip clubs and bachelor parties won't ever be the same n/t

[bemildred]

13. When pigs fly I'll be ready. nt

[sendero]

14. They will try...

... but they will fail. Only the terminally stupid are ready to give any government, especially this corrupt incompetent one, total power over their life.

[Igel]

20. A lot of people already do.

If you rely on government for all your income and healthcare and housing ... You're basically a ward waiting for your guardian to pull the strings.

Mothers don't just nurture. They also correct, esp. if they want reasonable offspring instead of demanding, narcissistic spoiled little brats. And some are "mommies dearest."

[sendero]

24. The people who already have done that..

... are not remotely a majority.

And there is no doubt that a lot of people will not understand the implications of having Uncle Sam decide if you can buy toothpaste or beer.

But most people will.

And finally, there are a lot of very powerful people who could not engage in the activities that they do under such a scheme.

I truly believe that if the gov't tries this the country will turn into the mother of all black markets.

[romanic]

15. It will never happen.

Not everyone can afford a smart phone or they're not technically savy to pay without cash. Also I don't every single citizen is wanting to have thier purchased electronically tracked or hacked or whatever

[One_Life_To_Give]

16. Much easier to carry Tubmans than bottles of Tide

64oz of Tide might buy as much as a $20 bill then. But it is much easier to carry half a dozen of one than the other.

[davidn3600]

17. We've already moved heavily in that direction

Some businesses won't even accept cash anymore. Most hotels now demand a debit or credit card.

Many people don't carry around as much cash as they used to.

I don't think a fully cashless society will happen any time soon. But I think people are using cash less and less. And that trend will continue. It also becomes a matter of convenience. It's easier to swipe a card than fumble around in a wallet or purse looking for the right bills.

[randome]

18. No problems here. Cash is cumbersome and pointless.

I write 2 checks a month -to my ex and to my mother. Everything else is paid electronically. I've had the same $15 or so in my wallet, sometimes for months at a time.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Igel]

21. I'd point out that the first step to a cashless society was

checks.

[randome]

22. I suppose that's true. But the Digital Age is changing things even more, and faster.

I guess the latest in watch technology is nearly at the point where you don't need to carry anything about with your hands but I'm not going to upgrade for a while.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[Prism]

23. I'm already there

I never carry cash unless going to a cash-only bar. I write two checks a month - rent and health insurance.

Otherwise, everything is electronically automated.

All my friends use Venmo to pay each other.

[Rex]

26. Just another layer of class warfare. It will ruin this country one day.

Blue collar = piss test. White collar = too big to jail. Want a job? Credit check. Want a good job? Outstanding credit rating.

[merrily]

28. Sounds like Revelations. No buying or selling without the mark of the Beast.

Why a smart phone? Won't credit cards do anymore?

[scscholar]

29. So when my phone battery is dead...

our rulers consider me a nonperson that isn't allowed to buy anything? No thanks.

[Jim Beard]

30. So far I have only detected 2 iphone users here

I see them use them for boarding passes and even brag about how they can use the device that fits on their phone to read credit cards because they really want tp report to the government the money they took in from a garage sale.

Yup, the big boys have them right where tey want them.

[Initech]

31. Guess I won't be buying anything then

I will never in a million years sign up for Apple or Samsung Pay. I might as well just cut out the middle man and give cyber thieves my credit card information directly.

[IronLionZion]

32. Are you ready to make America great again?

There are going to be many situations where people who don't have credit cards or smartphones might be screwed.