Hello, Scandals & Animals.

On Wed, 07 Nov 2007 23:32:25 -0500 you said:

> I've been thinking about Apple's policy of not accepting cash for the 
> iPhone.
> 
> Isn't it the case that the U.S. Feddle Gummint mandates the acceptance of 
> cash?  As I 'member it, shortly after the War 'Tween the States, there were 
> problems about different currencies being honored in some states and not 
> others.  The Feddle Gummint stepped in and said, "Guess what everybody!  
> THIS is cash--EVERYWHERE.  If you offer something for sale, YOU DO accept 
> the green paper with the dead presidents on it.  We ain't axin' ya, we're 
> tellin' ya."
> 
> Isn't that roughly what happened?  If so, what's the deal with Apple?

I thought the same thing.  Then someone pointed me to this page, on the
US Treasury web site:

http://www.treas.gov/education/faq/currency/legal-tender.shtml

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