As Darryl already pointed out, this is likely to be illegal at the
Federal level. However, I'm not absolutely certain that it will be
found so - they're not refusing to accept US$ for sales, just changing
the format of those dollars. Yes, it does strike me as ironic that
this would be post-Katrina Louisiana, but it also speaks to a very
long and colorful political history in that area. Many people in
Louisiana still remember Huey P. Long (depression-era governor). They
also remember the New Orleans bankers who intentionally breached
levies south of New Orleans - officially to prevent NO from flooding,
but it seems to me to have been intended to prevent common people
(hunters/trappers, in particular) from becoming and remaining too
affluent - during the flood of 1927. And they recognize that
politicians tend to lie to the voters in order to win elections. The
end result is that people in that part of the country tend to not take
politicians (or legalities) too seriously - they recognize it as the
'bread and circus' that it generally is, with a stint in the state
penitentiary for those unlucky enough to get caught.
Barry
On Oct 21, 2011, at 1:28 PM, D and N wrote:
It also sounds like a way to wipe out more poor people, or get them
into those profitable prisons. The underground economy of second
hand goods grows as mainstream economy tanks. Tracking people
dodging financial obligations to credit card/banks or other
collectors, or nailing those with meager disposable assets who may
be in receipt of social services, designed to get easier and more
rewarding in terms of numbers caught around the dates that the rent
is due. This law will mostly fail, like Florida's idiotic efforts to
find welfare fraud. It will only serve to push the underground
economy further under.
Apart from the continuing war against the poor, this smacks of
conditioning towards isolationist internal economy. The fact that it
happened in the state still reeling from Katrina is particularly
loathsome, like going back to chopping off hands for stealing bread.
Natalia
On 10/21/2011 8:38 AM, D and N wrote:
Surely that has to be illegal. Not allowing "coin of the realm" for
purchase of anything one wants to buy? Although I understand this
is a way to capitalize on the tracking of purchases for the purpose
of taxation, but it sounds more like a banking scam to create the
debit card revenue stream.
Darryl
On 10/20/2011 9:35 PM, Mike Spencer wrote:
http://www.klfy.com/story/15717759/second-hand-dealer-law
"Cold hard cash. It's good everywhere you go, right? You can use
it to
pay for anything. But that's not the case here in Louisiana
now. It's
a law that was passed during this year's busy legislative
session.
House bill 195 basically says those who buy and sell second
hand goods
cannot use cash to make those transactions, and it flew so far
under
the radar most businesses don't even know about it."
- Mike
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