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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 7798995, member: 105571&quot;]Part of the problem is, of course, the conflicting policies of our government during the last 16 months of the pandemic.&nbsp; The general guidance was to avoid the use of cash in any form so as to avoid the issue of contact spreading.&nbsp; The second problem was that as businesses started to reopen and could not hire sufficient labor, the businesses started to automate and of course, to do that, they had to install non-cash electronic kiosks for ordering and paying.</p><p><br /></p><p>An example of the latter was my regular visit to Taco Bell on my way to my local coin club meeting.&nbsp; They have an ordering/paying kiosk but I bypass that and stand at the counter to order in person and pay in cash.&nbsp; The staff tries to not serve me but I won&#039;t have it so they sigh, roll their eyes at the <i>ancien regime</i>, and put up with me.&nbsp; Ditto for sit down restaurants with the device on the table.</p><p><br /></p><p>These aren&#039;t the only reasons for the cash circulation deficit but they are a part of it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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