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I'm using the best part of digital money technology that I can. I haven't used a non "pay-at-the-pump" fuel pump in 10 years; I just go to the next place if the one I stop at doesn't have a card reader.
I pay all my regular monthly bills with an "ACH" debit that comes straight out of my account. No forgetting, no trouble, easy to budget, no surprises "Oh no, I forgot that the annual insurance bill was due, $3000, and I only have $1500 in the account". Let the computers take care of it.
So credit cards at the pump, and ACH debits for the monthly bills, take about half of my monthly pension.
The other half, ten years ago, was ALSO on a debit or credit card; I almost never used cash. But now, I cash half of my pension money each month and just use cash. Very many places are advertising cash prices, with a 3 to 4% "convenience charge" for using a card, or, alternatively, advertise the card price with a "cash discount" for cash.
This is exactly the opposite of what many people predicted would happen 20 years ago, that EVERYTHING would be digital money or BitCoin or an implanted chip in your hand or something, and cash would be obsolete. People don't trust that the government won't use digital money to hold you hostage for your "social credit score", or your beliefs, or something.
It's going in the right direction. Money ought to be made out of silver and gold, not paper with a promise printed on it.
Lannis
I don't take health advice from people who think the world is overpopulated.
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