Louisiana Bans Cash Transactions?!?

WeaponsCollector · Apr 15, 2015

Is this is a joke?
Such tyranny would be totally unenforceable...

Shopping with cash is now illegal in this state
http://thecrux.com/unbelievable-shopping-with-cash-can-now-get-you-arrested-in-this-state

Louisiana Makes It Illegal To Use Cash To Buy Used Goods
http://govtslaves.info/louisiana-makes-it-illegal-to-use-cash-to-buy-used-goods/

Boom Boom · Apr 16, 2015

It's all about casting a wide net for more state revenue by way of permits, licenses, fees, sales tax, and income tax. Expect the trend to spread to other states later this year. Any claims to the otherwise (i.e. crime prevention) are a smoke screen to dupe the dull-witted.

WeaponsCollector · Apr 16, 2015

The only legitimate reaction to tyrants banning cash would be total noncompliance.
Same with guns and ammo.

Cheesehead · Apr 16, 2015

"THIS NOTE IS LEGAL TENDER FOR ALL DEBTS, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE".

:sad20:

I'm not shouting, it's in all caps on every Federal Reserve Note.

Abacab · Apr 16, 2015

This happened four years ago.

https://legiscan.com/LA/text/HB195/id/343620

Rack&Roll · Apr 16, 2015

The Beast wants to eat.

Bring snacks, this fight is worth watching.

Half-cocked · Apr 16, 2015

WeaponsCollector said:
Is this is a joke?

Sounds like barking moonbat nonsense to me.

This particular canard seems to date back to 2011, at least. And even then, only on the "usual suspects" conspiracy websites.

https://www.google.com/#q=louisiana+bans+cash

Half-cocked · Apr 16, 2015

Oh for Pete's sake. Read the bill. It affects JUNK DEALERS, only.

-Z/28- · Apr 16, 2015

Abacab said:
This happened four years ago.

https://legiscan.com/LA/text/HB195/id/343620

Was about to chime in with this; it's old news.

And a thorough search of google doesn't turn up a single article of someone actually being prosecuted under this law for having a yardsale. Also I notice craigslist in Louisiana doesn't seem to be suffering at all.

Boom Boom · Apr 16, 2015

Half-cocked said:
Sounds like barking moonbat nonsense to me.

This particular canard seems to date back to 2011, at least. And even then, only on the "usual suspects" conspiracy websites.

https://www.google.com/#q=louisiana+bans+cash

True, but real research is the key to finding a real answer. Quoting Google is like quoting Snopes. It is Louisiana law, with a bogus twist added (actually excluded) by shyster websites (like the OP linked to). In fact, private residential sales (and many other sales) are excluded from the LA secondhand sales law: http://law.justia.com/codes/louisiana/2011/rs/title37/rs37-1861/

"B. Except as provided for in R.S. 37:1864.3 and 1869.1, the provisions of this Part shall not apply to:

(1) Dealers in coins and currency, dealers in antiques, nor to gun and knife shows or other trade and hobby shows.

(2) Persons solely engaged in the business of buying, selling, trading in, or otherwise acquiring or disposing of motor vehicles and used parts of motor vehicles, and shall not apply to wreckers or dismantlers of motor vehicles who are licensed under the provisions of R.S. 32:783 et seq.

(3) Private residential sales commonly known as "garage sales" or "yard sales" as long as such sales take place at a residential address.

(4) Any bona fide charity possessing a valid exemption under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(5) Collectors, transporters, or disposers of waste whose waste collection, transportation, and disposal activities are regulated by the Department of Environmental Quality, or persons who collect, transport, or manage recyclable materials pursuant to a residential collection, recycling, or disposal contract with a municipality or political subdivision."

-Z/28- · Apr 16, 2015

Basically it seems what the law really does is target for-profit second hand and thrift stores that aren't licensed pawn brokers. I can actually understand that, as those types of places can easily cheat the state on sales tax revenues since their inventory doesn't leave a paper trail.

Half-cocked · Apr 16, 2015

It's important to remember that this law was passed to clamp down on thievery - notably, of things like catalytic converters - by making it harder for addicts and other vermin to turn stolen goods into untraceable, easy cash at junk dealers.

Didn't we have someone here who had their catalytic converter ripped out?

JamesH · Apr 16, 2015

You're thinking of the way Maryland writes laws. The MGA would write it without any of the definitions because "everybody knows what a dealer in secondhand goods means". Then you'd get charged with it for having a garage sale because MGA didn't define what "dealer in secondhand goods" means.

2ndMDRebel · Apr 16, 2015

Half-cocked said:
Oh for Pete's sake. Read the bill. It affects JUNK DEALERS, only.

So you can't pay cash for a Glock in LA?

That should get the thread jumping!

Vile Shadow · Apr 16, 2015

-Z/28- said:
Basically it seems what the law really does is target for-profit second hand and thrift stores that aren't licensed pawn brokers. I can actually understand that, as those types of places can easily cheat the state on sales tax revenues since their inventory doesn't leave a paper trail.

The problem I have with that is the precedent it sets. What would stop them from adding ammunition to the list?

Pinecone · Apr 17, 2015

Sling Blade said:
The problem I have with that is the precedent it sets. What would stop them from adding ammunition to the list?

Do you buy second hand ammo??????????

zoostation · Apr 17, 2015

I would think there would be some kind of a federal violation in a state telling a business they can't accept US currency for payment.

In any case, I'm not getting too upset about anything I read on a website called govtslaves.com where the first thing I see when I click on it is an ad captioned "This could save your life but your doctor is HIDING it from you."

Alea Jacta Est · Apr 17, 2015

Cinch down your aluminum foil. And give me an hour or two to buy more stock in Alcoa.

Louisiana is a strange place. THeir laws and traditions are strange. Their people are certainly unique. THeir politicians are legendary. Billy Bob, et al, ain't gonna stand for not being able to use "cash American" for one thin minute. They're more often than not the progeny of pirates and bootleggers from generations way back. I ain't worried that they won't be able to use greenbacks for buying and selling.

Indeed, I'd sooner bet that some part of the pawn industry is weeding out with purpose.

Now, if the story was about them printing their own scrip and not using Uncle Sugar's increasingly worthless coins and bills, I'd be much more likely to believe it.

Just for my personal edification...is the preferred method of tightening down your aluminum foil hat a small, notched belt or do they have a screw knob that works in traditional fashion...righty/tighty and lefty/loosey???

pbharvey · Apr 17, 2015

Related but unrelated
citi-economist-says-it-might-be-time-to-abolish-cash

Silverlode · Apr 17, 2015

And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Revelation 13:16-17

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