Maybe December? So we all take money out of banks, at least current month salary, and spend cash only. I think that is something that shouldn't be hard to do and it would show if we, the people, have any power left to make positive changes for the future or we can just surrender and eat bugs.
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If I’m trading my only true value, my time, then I want to have 100% control over it, not to depend if some bank would freeze my account and I lost 1/3 of my life irreversible.
I suspect you have some unhinged notions about banks and/or the government and/or cashless transactions, but because you didn’t say why we should do this thing you suggest, I don’t know what specific unhinged notions you have.
The “digital dollar” is a bullshit marketing term. Everyone knows that the vast majority of Canadian & US dollars are already digital ones. Conspiracy theorists have morphed a bullshit marketing gimmick into… whatever they’ve morphed it into; I don’t listen to them so I couldn’t say.
RFK has all sorts of batshit ideas, like his antisemitic and antivax ones.
Are you willing to try or analyze me? There are many other things on topic you can analyze. Why you have the need to know my reasons, mind yourself. And I explain some of concerns is some replies, but that is not important, those would be my reasons, you should have yours if you have.
Interesting thought, there were no mental health issues in rural areas, when you need to get up early and do some work in the field to feed your family. Mental issues are product of this newer way of life. Not sure why, but guessing we are getting farther from the nature we were evolved and our mind can't keep up. Not talking about clinical mental issues caused by genetics, simple depression, anxiety and those new/modern illness.
Dude, I grew up in a rural area, people living there are the ones that need more awareness of mental health issues. Just because someone isn't diagnosed and under proper treatment doesn't mean they aren't ill.
You'll just find out how little banks care about retail customers. What do you think happens to the cash you give to the coffee shop? They put it in the bank. They use it to pay suppliers who put that money in a different bank.
People are the same. The barista takes their cash tips and spends them. Those businesses put their money in their bank account and buy supplies or pay workers. Their suppliers do the same.
Banks do not care about your $5 for coffee, they care about the coffee shop.
Eating bugs is not an abnormal human behavior, and it is not uncommon in cuisine across the world. So I don’t see how that’s a negative thing, inherently?
How would using cash translate into a message of “people power”? You’re still paying the same amount of the same currency for the same product, just in a different form.
I don't know, but I would like to try, we don't know what we can loose or gain, we only cry when we have issues and we don't have solution or power to make difference, and it is just awareness month, no biggie
Just notice how much you got and not spend anything besides the absolute necessary like cooking groceries (no sweets, etc.) and non-essential services like Netflix, going out, eating out.
No need to take money from the bank and risk a 3000€ pay check running around.
I'm good with managing my finances, this is more awareness thing, will it be supported by politics, if not, why, will there be some resistance. I would like to see how they value our cash. Will banks introduce more withdraw limits and so on. I would like to see posters on bus stations. You know like trans, pride, vegan, black,... and cash awareness month. Would be good to have family month, but not everyone has one, and people care more about money than their families in recent times.
Dude. Just set the limit yourself.
And for anyone with spending problems: Make it as uncomfortable to spend money as possible in digital form like a physical TAN generator for bank transfer or 2FA entry on PayPal.
Makes you think more about your spending.
Many cashiers would hate this idea. It would slow things down considerably. We’d run out of change all the time. Already I run into problems with people paying for an $8 purchase with a fucking hundred.
Cashiers get paid the same no matter how many people they serve. The boss isn't going to shake your hand and tell you well done leave alone pay a bonus for getting x amount of people through the till per hour.
Your employer failing to put adequate change in the till isn't your problem. The next time someone pays for an $8 purchase with a hundred, chill out and enjoy the unscheduled break.
It becomes my problem when people have to stand in line too long, and I have to help someone who would have been relaxed but is now in a lousy mood. As you can probably guess, dealing with an agitated customer is more difficult (and more draining) than dealing with a neutral one.
I’m not just pulling this out of my ass. I’ve been on when the Internet failed, we couldn’t take credit cards, and “CashAwarenessMonth” actually happened. Trust me, we were all very aware of what a clusterfuck it was.
The amount of cash put in the till is determined by corporate, and monitored as if lives depended on it. My manager (who is actually a decent guy) does not have the authority to change that number, and will likely get fired if he does.
Plus, carefully counting out change instead of just watching someone swipe a card isn’t much of a “break”.
This is a terrible idea. If you can’t make the point without shitting on the little guy, maybe the point shouldn’t be made. This “ideology at any cost” bullshit is what conservatives do. Progressives actually give a damn about people, remember?
Maybe I'm old-school, but every paycheck I take out a few hundred to act as my spending money. I mostly frequent small businesses and I know they prefer cash to avoid fees (and possibly taxes but that's none of my business). It also helps with budgeting.
it would be only one month, so do as you can, whatever you have to do, leave what you need on account... idk, but it is about mass effect. We have month for everything, so why not for Cash
Now you see, if you just said something like "I'm tired of banks creating money out of thin air and getting bailouts when they gamble and lose, so how about we show them they should value us more instead of ruining our economy like with the 2008 crash, because if we all pull our money out they have no money left, like if all people in the world stopped paying taxes for a year, or stopped believing in money, the governments would be incapable of detaining you or that people should not be afraid of governments, corporations and their employers, instead the above should be scared of the people" I would've been all in, but with the direction you took it, I think I'll pass. Oh wait.
Credit card companies increased their fees in October. Did they do anything for merchants or cardholders to increase the quality of service a commensurate amount? No. They decided to increase their transaction fees due to greed alone.
You should spend cash, at least at merchants you like. If you pay $20 in cash, the recipient gets $20. If you pay by card the recipient gets significantly less.