MInutemen? I think this goes too far. They are US citizens who have not committed a crime. They therefore have the legal freedom of movement within the US whereas those crossing illegally do not. Therefore, they have a greater right to be on the border than those they watch.
God Bless the Minutemen for doing what our government should be doing.
:heart:Blyss
Are you saying the original poster was incorrect in his facts? It sounds right to me, but if you know otherwise- throw some facts my way.
Yes Juarez was what I was thinking of. My God it’s so out of the dark ages
Well, in the United States, where we prefer less governmental interference with commerce, there is no law governing the legal tender that is used in a transaction. In fact, bartering is perfectly legal.Wow …that has busted out a can of cockroaches and no mistake…
In Australia it is illegal to use any currency other than Australian, why would USA be any different…certainly the shop is either giving away their merchandise for free ( lecit advertising idea?) or an opportunity for big bucks to be made by lawyer types in your High Court
Even this would be legal. Where they would break the law is if they said they will only sell to white people or something like that.
Yeah, you’re right. I was probably thinking too generally… they could do business in whatever currency they wanted with the customers, but I guess the only place you could really draw the line would be if they started demanding the “right” to pay the government their taxes in pesos too. (this would be REALLY far out though, I don’t see it ever happening!
)If there must be a line in the sand, I guess this would be it. Still, the IRS has taken possesion of real property and foreign currency to settle tax debts. The difference is that it was a seizure rather than a standard payment of tax.I guess the only place you could really draw the line would be if they started demanding the “right” to pay the government their taxes in pesos too. (this would be REALLY far out though, I don’t see it ever happening!
Are you sure? What does “legal tender” mean?
Positive. This is from the US Department of Tresury:
When we say “land of the free”, we mean it.
Thank you! I always wondered how stores got around accepting large bills. Now I know.Positive. This is from the US Department of Tresury:
When we say “land of the free”, we mean it.
Nohome
Jeffery, do you have no answer to this???
I bet I can list no less than 50 Native American languages that were here (USA) first. The first European languages were not English either.
It is really kind of silly when you think about it. What we call currency is a promissory “note” which is not backed by gold since the early 1970’s. So really it is now a simple IOU. We trade IOU’s which are either promised by the US government or by another government. Most “money” is now IOU’s either backed by companies or individuals, as credit card debt. Funny uh no one complains about accepting a credit card debt backed by an unknown company for pizza but yet they complain if pesos are used.Positive. This is from the US Department of Tresury:
Quote:
The pertinent portion of law that applies to your question is the Coinage Act of 1965, specifically Section 31 U.S.C. 5103, entitled “Legal tender,” which states: “United States coins and currency (including Federal reserve notes and circulating notes of Federal reserve banks and national banks) are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”
This statute means that all United States money as identified above are a valid and legal offer of payment for debts when tendered to a creditor. There is, however, no Federal statute mandating that a private business, a person or an organization must accept currency or coins as for payment for goods and/or services.
When we say “land of the free”, we mean it.
Nohome
It’s even sillyer (not a word) than that. Even when money was backed by gold or some other standard, it was simply something we all agreed has value. You can’t eat gold, it won’t quench your thirst and it makes a lousy shelter. Gold only has value because people say it does.
I don’t know about Grand Rapids, but the company I worked for was a national retail chain and I originally started working at the company in NJ. The register there had the abilty to exchange the currency from Candian when I worked NJ. I think all registers were the same in all the stores nationwide. I never had a customer want to pay in Candian in NJ though so I don’t know.
