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Eh, "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" doesn't leave a lot of room for nuance.
by selectodude 4y ago
Eh, "This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private" doesn't leave a lot of room for nuance.
- saghm 4y agoMy point is that the writing on the bill isn't what actually makes the law enforceable. If Congress passed a law that required the mints to print the words "this is a flamingo" on every dollar bill, it wouldn't make it true. The fact that cash is required to be accepted is because of the law passed, not because the magic words on the bill say so.