Letter to the Editor: Cashless society fears Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - March 27, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, IT concerns myself and a lot of other folk that the day will come that you can only pay with a plastic card. We are heading for a cashless society where there will be a surcharge along with a hidden tax with every purchase. Just last month, Bankwest in WA closed 45 of their branches and another fifteen went to CBA branches, which forces people to do online banking, leaving the elderly folk wide open to scams. McDonalds had a meltdown recently with a worldwide outage which cost them millions of dollars – no cash, no food. Once they get us cashless they will charge whatever commission they like on our cards! Everyone who can, go to your ATM on Tuesday 2 April and draw out $20 dollars. The banks will be running around like chooks with their heads chopped off trying to refill their ATMs. Hopefully this will give them the message on how we feel to never let cash vanish. Regards, Phyll TAYLOR, Coffs Harbour.
People seem to think that “elderly folk” are somehow lacking intelligence which leaves them open to ‘scams’ ? how truly insulting. and the ONLY reason why the cashless society is being pushed as an agenda is because the government and banks want to CONTROL ALL YOUR MONEY. there is NO other reason. so clearly, in NO world is a ‘cashless society’ beneficial to humanity on any level. Reply
