Louisiana Bans Cash for Secondhand Transactions
A new Louisiana law, House bill 195, passed earlier this year says that those who buy or sell secondhand goods are prohibited from using cash.
State representative Rickey Hardy, who co-authored the bill, says: "They can give a check or a cashiers money order, or electronic (transfer)."
Rep. Hardy says the bill is targeted at criminals who steal anything from copper to televisions, and sell them for cash. He claims that having a paper trail will make it easier for law enforcement: "It's a mechanism to be used so the police department has something to go on and have a lead."
Rep. Hardy is a self-employed businessman with his own house washing and lawn care business.
Besides non-profit resellers like Goodwill, and garage sales, the language of the bill covers stores that resell used goods and even flea markets.
"We're gonna lose a lot of business," Danny Guidry, who owns the Pioneer Trading Post in Lafayette, told KLFY-TV. "We don't want this cash transaction to be taken away from us. It's an everyday transaction. I think everyone in this business once they find out about it. They're will definitely be a lot of uproar."
Guidry feels his store shouldn't have to change it's ways of doing business, because he may possibly buy or sell stolen goods: "We are being targeted for something we shouldn't be."
Lawyer Thad Ackel Jr. claims the bill begins a slippery slope for economic freedom in the state: "The government is placing a significant restriction on individuals transacting in their own private property."
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This is really weird and I haven't seen anything like this being enforced. 99% of everything on craigslist is cash transactions. This will be very interesting to see what happends.
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It is going to be interesting to see how this is going to be enforced. It is going to be more interesting to see the outcome of the resulting court case(s).
And how the hell are you supposed to sell ANYTHING at a damned GARAGE sale without CASH ???????
Wow...sounds to me like the BANKS profit from this BS. Probably wrote the bill themselves and some crook is getting a kickback for bringing it up for a vote. This is certainly going to destroy a lot of stores where poor folk shop. Thift stores can lock their doors effective immediately.
legal fucking tender. Louisiana can't pas this! Cash is a federal note that has to be accepted for all transactions!! A state law cannot supersede federal in this case.
The governor is a FOOl. He should have vetoed this idiotic and stupid and foolish bill. The state shopuld be protecting the people not meddlng in people's personal lives. The Governor need to demand that the legislature repeal the bill now or he will resign immediately. Better yet he needs to get the legislature to repeal the bill and then submit his resignature for being a FOOl. Read the bills Govenror before you sign stupid foolish bills! You are incompetant and make the state look backward and foolish.
The Governor is a big idiotic Fool. He is as stupid as his good buddy Rick 'Rockhead' Perry. How did he get elected by the voters. He has embarrassed the state. he needs to call an emergency session of the legislature and repeal the bill or he should be impreached forewith without delay. The government nneds to stay out of our business. The govenor is abis Fool.
This law will be ineffective. I know of a better idea. http://thecivillibertarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/louisiana-now-banning-cash-in-misguided.html
Agreed, this is trying to be slipped under the radar. hopefully we can make people aware of it before this "cash is for crooks" movement gets on the way.
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