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This text was written by Swedish freelance journalist Peter Emanuelsson, often known as PeterSweden. You’ll be able to comply with him at petersweden.com.
Authorities needs to strengthen folks's proper to be paid with bodily money
Only recently I reported on how Sweden goes in opposition to the cashless agenda, methods to help residents' proper to be paid with bodily money.
Now neighboring nation Norway can be planning on doing the identical.
The Norwegian authorities is proposing a brand new regulation that will pressure shops to just accept actual money as fee. In different phrases, they won’t be allowed to go “cashless”.
The Ministry of Justice and Public Safety needs to vary the nation's regulation to make sure that actual money can at all times be used as fee.
Within the new regulation, shoppers can have the appropriate to pay with precise money in any respect shops or gross sales premises the place items or providers are being offered. The one exceptions are merchandising machines, unmanned retailers and gross sales of greater than NOK 20,000 ($1926).
“The position of the federal government is to safe the preparedness of the society. Minister of Justice and Public Safety Emily Anger Mehl says basing itself solely on digital fee programs will increase society's vulnerability.
He additionally mentioned, “It is vital for the federal government to create protections for individuals who are reluctant to make use of digital fee options”.
There we have now it.
First Sweden went in opposition to the cashless agenda and now Norway can be doing the identical.
That is excellent news. As I’ve mentioned earlier additionally. In a cashless society it turns into extremely straightforward for the federal government to regulate what you possibly can and can’t purchase. To safeguard democracy and freedom it’s important that we maintain money!
What do you suppose, do you help this transfer?
Freelance journalist Peter Emanuelson has devoted years to reporting the issues the mainstream media ignores. You’ll be able to comply with him at https://petersweden.com/