tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post4058918170282387792..comments2023-10-17T22:56:42.784-04:00Comments on Only in The Republic of Amherst: DUI Dishonor RollLarry Kelleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614645831526190536noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5035949355013113578.post-90315864921786903172014-03-05T11:55:17.491-05:002014-03-05T11:55:17.491-05:00Civics 101:
Take a dollar bill out of your wallet...Civics 101:<br /><br />Take a dollar bill out of your wallet. In the upper left of the front, under where it says "The United", you will find this in fine print:<br /><br />"<b><i>This note is legal tender for all debts, public and private."</i></b><br /><br />You can't ever <b>not</b> accept cash if someone wishes to pay in cash, it's part of what a so-called "fiat currency" means, the government says you gotta accept it.<br /><br />On a more practical note, if your mission is to provide services to children, not accepting cash is yet one more potential barrier to participation -- and it <b>is</b> all about the kids, isn't it?<br /><br />I'm thinking particularly of situations where a third party is quite willing to quietly pay for something as long as it is anonymous. They don't want the child or the child(s) parents -- let alone the entire community -- to know who did it. <br /><br />For all kinds of legitimate reasons. <br /><br />And it may even be someone involved in the organization itself who -- aware of quite confidential information about the family -- is quite happy to pay out of his/her/its own pocket for a particular child -- and one can only imagine how that would be treated in Amherst were it to become known.<br /><br />You gotta accept cash if someone wants to pay that way....Dr. Ednoreply@blogger.com