[geeks] Hrm. Suspicious

[Big Endian]

>   In this country there exists a general feeling that dealing in cash
>is wrong or "shady" in some way.  While I generally don't consider
>myself to be a conspiracy theorist, I believe this idea has been
>propagated by our government because cash is much more difficult for
>them to track than more "respectable" methods of money transfer.

Cash is not more "shady" but MUCH more dangerous.  I don't deal in 
*LARGE* cash transactions because I don't have any recourse if the 
deal goes south.  Cash is also much more prone to theft, and is 
generally harder to come by in large sums.  That said there *ARE* 
advantages to cash (instant, less likely to screw the seller over [ie 
seller delivers, buyer still disputes the charges],lower overhead [no 
credit merchant accounts])

daniel
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