Visitors sue National Park Service over policy prohibiting cash payments

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. I was recently in a local restaurant that doesn't take cash.

I will never go back there.

"Good for all debts public and private" strikes me as requiring businesses to take my cash.

I pay all of my day-to-day purchases/expenses in cash. I find it's a much better way to manage my money. I've found that those who pay for everything with credit or debit card tend to spend all of their money and then some, get and remain in debt.

I get a set sum of money from my ATM every Monday, and divide it up into various envelopes: Clothing, Cats, Entertainment, Miscellaneous, and Health and Well Being. The remainder goes into my wallet to pay for groceries and day-to-day expenses. If I need new clothes, I see how much I have in the clothing envelope. When I need to get stuff for my cats, the same. The Miscellaneous envelope will pay for unexpected shortfalls in the other categories.

Here's the thing. With this system I find it easy to stay within my budget/limited income. I'm even saving money, which is nice.

Someone needs to sue a company that won't take cash. I do normally have a credit card with me, but I should go in to one of those places and say I have cash, and only cash with me.

Oh, at that restaurant the friend I was with gave her credit card, which is how she prefers to pay for things, and I gave her the cash for my purchase.

I am not saying people shouldn't use credit cards. I am saying cash is legal tender for all debts, public and private, and I cannot comprehend how any business can refuse to accept it.

And spare me the "dangerous neighborhood" crap. The restaurant I went to was in a very secure area of our city, surrounded by other restaurants that had no problem accepting cash.