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It isn't a tax if you can opt out of paying it. The part I find most concerning is the shift away from accepting cash at various retailers.

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• r00fus 3y ago
  It's still a tax even if you don't incur it by avoiding the activity.
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  • refurb 3y ago
    I mean “free delivery” that you don’t use is baked into the price. “Buy now pay later”, “park and pick up”, etc, etc are all things you pay for even if you don’t use it. Those aren’t taxes.
  • throw10920 3y ago
    No, it's absolutely not. That's an insane definition that treats every platform or distributor's cut as a tax. Visa is taking a fee for the use of their service, which you are not compelled to use.
    • r00fus 3y ago
      Merchants sure as hell have very little choice to participate in the Visa/Mastercard payment networks since so many of their paying customers are cash-free these days. It’s not a tax on the end consumer. It’s a tax on businesses.
      • xnx 3y ago
        Consumer ultimately pays all costs.