Legal Tender? Maybe Not, Says Louisiana Law

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 20, 2011 @08:26AM from the this-is-pretty-nuts dept.

First time accepted submitter fyngyrz writes "Lousiana has passed a law that says people may no longer use cash for second hand transactions. The idea is to make all transactions traceable, thus foiling copper theft, etc. This move has profound implications that range from constitutional rights to Bitcoin, Craigslist and so forth; I wonder if there are any Slashdotters at all that support such a move." On the list of exceptions: people who deal in used goods or "junk" less frequently than once per month, and (drumroll, please) pawn shops. That means a pretty big chunk of the population who post in online classified ads in Louisiana are probably already in violation.

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Re:Reason #666 to move out of LA by h4rr4r · 2011-10-20 08:33 · Score: 3, Funny

In my just as fictional religion I made up on the spot it is a sign of bright new future that will give everyone a free pony and a lifetime supply of cheese in can.
Re:Le Tax? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-10-20 09:19 · Score: 2, Funny

I am thinking you are 82.5% correct!
Taxed that for you.