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> cashless means i can't just give a homeless person spare change. You could, if there were just more uptake of digital payments by individuals. In China, begg
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
> cashless means i can't just give a homeless person spare change.
You could, if there were just more uptake of digital payments by individuals. In China, beggars asking to be paid via app has been a thing for years now. There are beggars in parts of sub-Saharan Africa who use the local very developed mobile-payments infrastructure.
- AlanYx 3y ago>In China, beggars asking to be paid via app has been a thing for years now. This is true -- street beggars in China typically have printed and laminated QR codes to make contributions easier.
- MrRolleyes 3y agoThis comes with additional complications in the US—for instance, you can be booted off SSI if you have too much income for the month. We functionally have mandatory poverty in this country for folks on disability.