Saw a “no cash” sign at a bakery. Conversation went like this:
me: So, no cash? What’s going on there?
cashier: Yeah, we’re not allowed to accept cash.
me: Isn’t it the other way around? Isn’t there a legal tender law in #Netherlands?
cashier: Yeah, we’re not allowed to refuse cash.
me: So this sign posting says loud and clear “we are breaking the law”, in effect, no? Is that not being enforced?
cashier: That’s right. It’s unenforced in Netherlands.
The same thing is happening in #Belgium. This kind of forces me to revise my understanding of European culture & norms. In both the US & Europe there is a culture of certain laws (rightfully) going unenforced against individual natural people. E.g. small amounts of marijuana possession. But I previously thought when it came to moral/legal people (businesses), they simply complied with the law in Europe to a great extent.
IOW, companies complied with laws in Europe. Contrast that with the US where corporations small and large will blatantly disregard any laws that interfere with profit based on the calculated risk of getting caught and risk of penalties.
I just wonder if Europe is being influenced by cavalier US corps and changing to comply only when penalties are likely. Or is this something I had wrong all along.. that EU companies were always loose with compliance?
#WarOnCash
The “war on cash” is not a thing, but it should be. And it should definitely be illegal to accept only cash.
Nonsense. The #WarOnCash is as real as the European Commission.
Are you also going to tell us Bill Gates doesn’t exist? Or that he’s not involved despite his war on cash actions and partnerships?
Perhaps you can tell the CATO Institute that the War on Cash is just an illusion and that the “war tactics” they list are not really happening? If so, some citations that counter CATO’s citations would be nice.
Also don’t forget the Illuminati and the lizard people living in caves at the center of the earth. It’s real, I read it on the internet.