No more cash
impala
The People's Republic of Pennsylvania
Hypothetical question: let's say that the US Government ends paper and coined currency. All you now have is credit and debit cards. In addition, all purchases that you make become "public knowledge" via the internet. Would you keep going to strip clubs?
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To answer your question though...
I would stop clubbing but would probably experience some kind of withdrawal symptoms.
Under those conditions, I'd stop going to strip clubs. Full stop.
But your response was quite macho. I was impressed.
Or - club patrons would come up with another creative form of currency? Maybe rocks, or leaves, or towels?
I thought about it long ago and if I was running a strip club, I'd let people buy club cash usable at all clubs in my business but convertible back to credit for a small transaction charge. I wouldn't want people to refrain from buying strip club cash worried about getting funds back they didn't spend. I'd want customers to freely tip at stages, etc, without having to pull out a credit card and think about how much to tip someone on stage etc. If guys have to think that much, they won't do it. I don't think hardly anyone will make it rain of no one sees anything anymore. I think we will keep small bills though. Central banks worry about people leaving countries with their money so they are restricting all the larger bills first and putting limits on amounts you can take out of country without restrictions.
Would I stop going? I've been trying to stop for 15 years - so ...
I believe our Fed realizes negative interest rates are a disaster and overall they decrease public spending and consumption but other countries still think negative interest rates work. Doing away with cash is all part of the crumbling value and safety of the currency when government officials and central banks are scheming to rob the people and prevent them from being able to take their money and run. There are already hundreds of alternative currencies in just the us alone I thought I read.
I am a proud supporter of strip clubs. Go early and go often. Read my reviews. :)
You want to bring someone into the open? Just cancel their debit and credit card numbers. Block their income producing streams. Starve them out.
I'm not a raving paranoid, but it would be 1984 quickly if this was done.
Plus, theft will go up if the government stops producing cash. People won’t want a record of the thirty gallons of Tide they bought to trade strippers for blow jobs.
And what orionsmith said.