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I have been using more cash lately, just to avoid credit card fees. In fact I'm going to switch dentists because of this as well.

https://tdefender.substack.com/p/chd-appeal-after-court-rules-against-woman-sued-national-park-service-no-cash-policy

CHD to Appeal After Court Rules Against Woman Who Sued National Park Service Over No-Cash Policy

Toby Stover, who sued the National Park Service after it refused to allow her to pay cash to enter a national park site, plans to appeal after a federal judge on Dec. 3 dismissed her case.

Attorney Ray Flores said he will appeal after a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit against the National Park Service, alleging the federal agency is in violation of U.S. law by refusing to accept U.S. currency as entry payment.

Flores filed the suit on March 6, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on behalf of Toby Stover and two other plaintiffs. Children’s Health Defense (CHD) funded the suit. He said he was disappointed in the court’s decision to dismiss the complaint.

“On the other hand, the Court did not rule on the merits of the case, which would have set an unfavorable precedent.”

In its dismissal, the court said Stover lacked standing to sue the park system — meaning she didn’t have the legal right to bring the suit because she didn’t show that she was “suffering an ongoing injury” or faced an “immediate threat of injury.”

The court initially dismissed all three plaintiffs’ claims, but allowed them to submit an amended complaint, which Stover alone did on March 4, 2025.

Stover tried to visit the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site national park in Hyde Park in January 2024. Park officials turned her away when she tried to use a $10 bill to pay her entrance fee.

According to the amended complaint, “Stover still wants to visit Hyde Park whenever she wants but will not do so if she continues to be denied her right to tender anything other than legal U.S. Currency.”

Now, nearly 30 national parks, historic sites and monuments deny entrance to those who try to pay with cash, the amended complaint said. The park service Cashless Fee Collection FAQ states that it accepts only credit, debit and other electronic forms of payment, such as Apple Pay.

According to the complaint, federal statute (U.S. Code Title 31, Section 5103) makes it clear that “United States coins and currency … are legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.” ...

Plus, the impact of a cashless society goes far beyond just a single purchase, because cashless payments limit a person’s “ability to be free from tracking and surveillance, which is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid,” Mack Rosenberg said.

Booger says

The tap one I use my phone. They can't get the card number, it's encrypted. They need to hold me at phone point to ever use my phone tap, which would likely be an armed robbery. The phone has to be open. The swiper scanners are much easier for fraud. I also get an immediate push notification IF I somehow got scammed and would start a dispute in under a minute and it goes away.

The quoted video would get useless scrambled garbage that they'd have to figure out how to unencoded on the tap scanner. Likely not happening. Waiting for it, but what about restaurants? Even sit down ones usually take it. When you pay cash at those places who is to say the server is not comping some food and taking your cash that the owner doesn't get?

There's no safe way to pay, but there are safer ways. I think the phone tap is the safest because it requires your own ID or code to work.

https://appfrontier.com/blog/how-contactless-payments-work-nfc-technology-explained

Sure, electronic payments help stop robberies, but make everyone far more subject to arbitrary government control.

The government gets:

1. to know what you bought
2. to know where you are right now, and send police to your location
3. the ability to stop your purchase for political reasons

It's creates an extreme danger of absolute technocratic control, something much worse than the threat of robbery.

The left will use this power to suppress dissent.

And anyway, electronic payments actually facilitate certain kinds of robbery, as the video shows.

Booger says

Lol, it was almost certainly the store owners themselves who installed the skimmer.

Patrick says

Lol, it was almost certainly the store owners themselves who installed the skimmer.

You know that's true when they try to stop you from removing it.

Police using a device that checks for skimmers:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Y2IyhYlnf0Q?si=oLy6cRT2gemShpkQ

https://robindeboer.substack.com/p/eu-zet-zwitserse-kolonel-op-sanctielijst

EU zet Zwitserse kolonel op sanctielijst wegens 'complottheorieën' over Rusland, nu kan hij geen eten kopen

Toen een vriendin vanuit Zwitserland probeerde voedsel voor hem te bestellen bij een Belgische leverancier, werd de betaling geblokkeerd.

In English:

EU puts Swiss colonel on sanctions list over ‘conspiracy theories’ about Russia; now he cannot buy food.

When a friend tried from Switzerland to order food for him from a Belgian supplier, the payment was blocked.

Patrick says

EU puts Swiss colonel on sanctions list over ‘conspiracy theories’ about Russia; now he cannot buy food.

And the Fondu Krauts are not even part of the EU.

https://tdefender.substack.com/p/lawsuit-challenging-national-park-services-cashless-policy-moves-appeals-court

Attorney Ray Flores is appealing the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging a National Park Service policy that prevents visitors from using cash to pay for entrance fees at some parks. Children’s Health Defense (CHD) funded the suit.

In an appeal filed today in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, Flores argued that the district court was wrong to dismiss the lawsuit. He asked the appeals court to reverse the dismissal so that the case can proceed — or to declare that the National Park Service’s no-cash policy is unlawful.

“Preserving cash protects freedom,” Flores told The Defender.

The lawsuit alleges the National Park Service’s refusal to accept cash for entry fee payment at many of its sites is illegal because U.S. law defines cash as “legal tender for all debts, public charges, taxes, and dues.”

Flores filed the suit on March 6, 2024, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, on behalf of Toby Stover and two other plaintiffs.

The court initially dismissed all three plaintiffs’ claims. However, it allowed the plaintiffs to submit an amended complaint, which Stover alone did on March 4, 2025.

In January 2024, Stover tried to visit the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, run by the National Park Service, in Hyde Park, New York. According to the complaint, park officials turned her away when she tried to use a $10 bill to pay her entrance fee.

Nearly 30 national parks, historic sites and monuments deny entrance to those who try to pay with cash, the amended complaint said. The park service Cashless Fee Collection FAQ states that it accepts only credit, debit and other electronic forms of payment, such as Apple Pay.

Stover asked the court to declare this practice unlawful, which would mean the park service would be forced to let visitors pay with cash. She is also seeking relief for the cost of the suit, including attorney fees.

Patrick says

"Attorney Ray Flores is appealing the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging a National Park Service policy that prevents visitors from using cash to pay for entrance fees at some parks."

Policy?

This is not a policy. This is treason.