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<p>[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 940058, member: 307"]You're making my point for me. All of these things are pushing toward a cashless society. The government not only saves time and manpower, it saves them money. Making coinage costs money. The government (not just the federal government but state governments too) constantly looks to eliminate costs and spending, and honestly, people like these changes and therefore are willing to accept them readily. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is one way to affect changes in fiscal policy that have no political ramifications to speak of. THOSE are the kinds of bills that get action in Congress.</p><p><br /></p><p>I did not say completely cashless, I said toward a cashless society and the ramifications on the mintages of coins. In my hypothetical, there are still coins being made and used for commerce.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 940058, member: 307"]You're making my point for me. All of these things are pushing toward a cashless society. The government not only saves time and manpower, it saves them money. Making coinage costs money. The government (not just the federal government but state governments too) constantly looks to eliminate costs and spending, and honestly, people like these changes and therefore are willing to accept them readily. This is one way to affect changes in fiscal policy that have no political ramifications to speak of. THOSE are the kinds of bills that get action in Congress. I did not say completely cashless, I said toward a cashless society and the ramifications on the mintages of coins. In my hypothetical, there are still coins being made and used for commerce.[/QUOTE]
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