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>Stop pretending the government (any) has the “average” man’s best interest "Average" people don't pay >10k€ in cash. So this measure won't hurt average people
by mfuzzey 4y ago
>Stop pretending the government (any) has the “average” man’s best interest
"Average" people don't pay >10k€ in cash.
So this measure won't hurt average people and may stop some money launderers / frauders so no issue with it.
And actually most EU countries already have lower limits.
- flandish 4y agoYou’re kidding, right? Average people buy cars with cash: a teen saving from first jobs for a first used car… eventually, “10k” will be where “teen” used cars land … and boom, average person. A person with a down payment on a house. …I can go on. The point is this: casting this wide a net in the name of “fighting terrorists” is absolute nonsense, and not worth what would happen to a terrorist in this net: a few extra “10k money limit” charges… compared to the literal thousands of people this will inconvenience. Anything a nation does in the name of fighting an enemy that is, in essence, a version of Lacan’s “objet petit a” - is a nation lying to its people.
- Symbiote 4y agoAverage Europeans use bank transfers or debit cards to make these payments.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoHave you met Germans?
- tom_ 4y agoIt's the same in the UK, and has been for years. I'm glad there are people objecting to a limit on transactions made in physical cash, but it feels a bit ridiculous to suggest that such a limit would actually massively inconvenience people in general.