I had to stop in a ghetto store the other day on the way home from work to pick up some milk. It was the middle of the day and I wasn't worried as there was a lot of people around, and anyway I don't much care cause that's how I roll. So I'm in line behind about 5-6 people and each one is putting their stuff in the protective glass case to get rung up and then swiping their cards to pay for the stuff.
So I get up and put in the milk container and swipe my card and it beeps. What's wrong asks the guy and I show him my card and he goes: "We don't take Visa or mastercard here" I'm like, wha..? Who doesn't take credit cards? so I foolishly say "what did all those people in front of me use?" And he tells me "Bridge cards" And then it hits me, everyone in there was, of course, on public assistance. This store can take the governments funny money but not the hard earned bread I earn. And to top it off I didn't have cash! HAHA Jokes on me.
I leave the store and watch all those people talking on their cells phones (probably smart phones-I don't have one), getting into newer cars then mine. And it hits me. This is how its going to go down. How long before it becomes apparent that guys like me are dumb asses for going to work everyday just to maintain the same basic lifestyle as those deadbeats. And the govt will have an easy time issuing every person in the country a card and filling it up based on how much the govt. thinks you should have.
The system is in place for a cashless society. Forget the dollar, inflation, currency debasement. It's all going to be electronic and all doled out by Big Brother and it won't matter how much you are worth or how hard you work. That is going to be the way it is when the SHTF, when the economy collapses, when NO stores take credit cards because the banks won't back them. You will get Uncle Obama's card and they will fill it up for you and that is what you will have. That's my prediction anyway.
So I get up and put in the milk container and swipe my card and it beeps. What's wrong asks the guy and I show him my card and he goes: "We don't take Visa or mastercard here" I'm like, wha..? Who doesn't take credit cards? so I foolishly say "what did all those people in front of me use?" And he tells me "Bridge cards" And then it hits me, everyone in there was, of course, on public assistance. This store can take the governments funny money but not the hard earned bread I earn. And to top it off I didn't have cash! HAHA Jokes on me.
I leave the store and watch all those people talking on their cells phones (probably smart phones-I don't have one), getting into newer cars then mine. And it hits me. This is how its going to go down. How long before it becomes apparent that guys like me are dumb asses for going to work everyday just to maintain the same basic lifestyle as those deadbeats. And the govt will have an easy time issuing every person in the country a card and filling it up based on how much the govt. thinks you should have.
The system is in place for a cashless society. Forget the dollar, inflation, currency debasement. It's all going to be electronic and all doled out by Big Brother and it won't matter how much you are worth or how hard you work. That is going to be the way it is when the SHTF, when the economy collapses, when NO stores take credit cards because the banks won't back them. You will get Uncle Obama's card and they will fill it up for you and that is what you will have. That's my prediction anyway.