It's funny how Reagan and his toadies crowed about a fake welfare queen while the real one was across the pond.

Krev wrote: Wed Dec 18, 2024 9:08 am It's funny how Reagan and his toadies crowed about a fake welfare queen while the real one was across the pond.

To be fair Tesla and SpaceX, have received billions of dollars in government contracts, grants, and subsidies....so yeah....I'm happy to pay the guy who cleaned out my gutters, or really any small time grifters, in cash. It's the American Dream, baby!

All those contracts have given Elon the means to build his eugenics colony in Texas.

AttackChimp wrote: Tue Dec 17, 2024 7:47 pm ...or push past it into a post-currency society.

Yes, we're all eagerly awaiting the Star Trek utopia to appear where racism doesn't exist and everyone's needs are catered for. In the meantime....

Crap. I always pay cash when possible. That it lets you better track your spending, as was mentioned, is reason enough, but also knowing that you have money on hand and not placing a mark on every damn place you've been.

Only waffle would be from a business security standpoint.

This thread has certainly taught me whose pockets to run

There are arguments in favor of a cashless society, but the current structure enriches credit card companies and the likes of Peter Thiel. If you don't have cash, you can't spend cash. I know that's a pretty reductionist take...

Shower Thoughts: How fast can a quantum computer mine crypto?