LooseChange
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- Sep 28, 2012
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I believe that the end of CRH is close.
Not because of coin processors sorting out the keepers.
Not because of youtube videos/radio ads/etc bringing in hoards of new hunters.
Not because of poor behavior by new hunters causing banks to refuse service.
Not because of falling PM prices.
But because of the trend towards arbitrary monitoring and controlling of cash transactions.
The last time I picked up a mere 4 boxes of halves (way below the $10k mandatory reporting level for cash transactions), the teller asked for my photo ID. I tried to give her the business card with my account number on it and she said she needed my ID. I gave it to her without too much thought - along with $2k in $50's and $100's.
When she ran the FRNs through the cash verifier/counter, each bill by denomination and by SN! appeared on her computer screen. She shot the back of my driver's license with her bar code scanner and all of my identity appeared along in another pop up. Paranoia tells me that those details went directly to you know who.
Now, the NSA, DEA, IRS, SSA, FBI, DOJ, ADT, CIA, SEC, FCC, FEMA, FRB, TSA, OCC, ATTB, NSF, USDA, INS, BLM, CPSC, FDA, NRA, GAO, USPS, NASA, NHTS, OHSA, PLO, and all other nefarious clowns know exactly what I did with the exact bills I had in my pocket. When those bills go out next, they will know who gets them and they will try to know when they are next deposited and they will attempt to connect the dots in between. They are establishing a system to know who does what with cash. If they decide they don't know enough about what you are doing, they will look harder and deeper. If they aren't satisfied, they will stop you from using cash.
They already watch all credit card purchases closely. They are now trying very hard to watch cash transactions and they will stop at nothing to do it. Today it's the banks. Tomorrow it will be retailers.
Not because of coin processors sorting out the keepers.
Not because of youtube videos/radio ads/etc bringing in hoards of new hunters.
Not because of poor behavior by new hunters causing banks to refuse service.
Not because of falling PM prices.
But because of the trend towards arbitrary monitoring and controlling of cash transactions.
The last time I picked up a mere 4 boxes of halves (way below the $10k mandatory reporting level for cash transactions), the teller asked for my photo ID. I tried to give her the business card with my account number on it and she said she needed my ID. I gave it to her without too much thought - along with $2k in $50's and $100's.
When she ran the FRNs through the cash verifier/counter, each bill by denomination and by SN! appeared on her computer screen. She shot the back of my driver's license with her bar code scanner and all of my identity appeared along in another pop up. Paranoia tells me that those details went directly to you know who.
Now, the NSA, DEA, IRS, SSA, FBI, DOJ, ADT, CIA, SEC, FCC, FEMA, FRB, TSA, OCC, ATTB, NSF, USDA, INS, BLM, CPSC, FDA, NRA, GAO, USPS, NASA, NHTS, OHSA, PLO, and all other nefarious clowns know exactly what I did with the exact bills I had in my pocket. When those bills go out next, they will know who gets them and they will try to know when they are next deposited and they will attempt to connect the dots in between. They are establishing a system to know who does what with cash. If they decide they don't know enough about what you are doing, they will look harder and deeper. If they aren't satisfied, they will stop you from using cash.
They already watch all credit card purchases closely. They are now trying very hard to watch cash transactions and they will stop at nothing to do it. Today it's the banks. Tomorrow it will be retailers.
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