Against the law in louisiana to use cash for used goods

[BubbaBlues]

This one sounds like something that will eventually get shot down in the supreme court.

[Wildman]

This one sounds like something that will eventually get shot down in the supreme court.

I hope so, but I don't have much faith in their ability to apply common sense to law either.....after considering some of the results over the last 40+ years...

[The Chief]

In Baltimore County, the county government offices have centralized cash payments to a single office "for security reasons".  When I went to buy a license renewal for my dog and didn't have a checkbook, I was told I had to walk across the street, thru security points twice more, and back with the receipt to pickup the tags (I have mobility issues).  All for less than $10.00.

That's because they can't trust their government union thugs - err... employees, to actually turn in the cash and not pocket it.  It's a Human Resources Department failure - they're hiring the wrong relatives.

[MGBguy]

Surely you can't be serious!  Who the heck came up with this; and how the heck did it pass legislation?

I didn't see any rationale for such lunacy in the link. 

What am I missing?

As Forest would say; "Stupid is as stupid does".

[The Chief]

As I understand it, it only applies to those purchasing used goods for resale - all those commercial flea markets, auction houses, etc.  It's to help track stolen goods.

But I still think it will be overturned at the first court challenge.

[chrisretusn]

Normally I would call this a stupid law, but it's really the state legislators who are stupid, all of them, except Senator Neil Riser, the only one to vote no on this law.

LA HB 195 - Louisiana Legislature - 2011 - Legislation - MyGov365

[MGBguy]

"This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."

But keep your receipts. 

[LSeraphim]

Porn is illegal in Iceland and Australia is trying to make it illegal to pee standing up because it is symbolic of wife beating. Go figure.

FEarMicrowaves convenience is the mind killer.

I'm afraid mine isn't big enough to beat the wife with.  lol
(but don't tell her that)

She doesn't know?

If it were big enough to bludgeon with, then his "sandworm" would be the mind killer.