DC ban on cashless business

[Anonymous]

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2024/12/16/cashless-ban-business-exemptions-bars-restaurants

I'm having trouble grasping the legality of this. Why can't the businesses just accept payment how they want to? Does the DC government really have jurisdiction over this?

[Anonymous]

Obviously because lots of people can't get credit cards. They aren't saying you have to be cash only, they are just saying that if someone can only pay with cash, you need to be able to make change and no refuse to do business with them just because they can't get a credit card.

[Anonymous]

Are you asking if the government can regulate commerce?

[Anonymous]

Does this apply to Uber and food delivery apps?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously because lots of people can't get credit cards. They aren't saying you have to be cash only, they are just saying that if someone can only pay with cash, you need to be able to make change and no refuse to do business with them just because they can't get a credit card.

Not only credit cards but checking accounts and therefore they also don't have access to debit cards or checks.

[Anonymous]

Need to put more cash out there for criminals to have "access" to.

[Anonymous]

Of course they can do this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this apply to Uber and food delivery apps?

It's important to produce a class of victims for the predators of DC.

[Anonymous]

The government is doing its job of protecting the most vulnerable populations, who are not eligible for credit, and may not even have debit cards or even bank accounts.

I don't think they can legislate against apps, which obviously cannot deal in cash, but they can require that brick and mortars accept cash.

I support this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need to put more cash out there for criminals to have "access" to.

Yep, that was my thought exactly.

[Anonymous]

Running a business in DC sounds as awful as being a landlord in DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The government is doing its job of protecting the most vulnerable populations, who are not eligible for credit, and may not even have debit cards or even bank accounts.

I don't think they can legislate against apps, which obviously cannot deal in cash, but they can require that brick and mortars accept cash.

I support this.

Why cannot they legislate against apps doing business in DC?

[Anonymous]

"Legal tender for all debts, public and private" baby

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The government is doing its job of protecting the most vulnerable populations, who are not eligible for credit, and may not even have debit cards or even bank accounts.

I don't think they can legislate against apps, which obviously cannot deal in cash, but they can require that brick and mortars accept cash.

I support this.

Why cannot they legislate against apps doing business in DC?

Those apps have better lawyers than some small business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Running a business in DC sounds as awful as being a landlord in DC.

Fortunately, nobody is forcing you to do either.