• BussyGyatt@feddit.org
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    3 days ago

    “Legal tender for all debts public and private” is a guarantee backed by the treasury. if you owe the restaurant a debt, they are legally obligated to accept cash tender. Note that you have to actually owe them, you can’t demand they accept cash tender up front, they have the right to refuse the terms of sale. if you can successfully argue their card only policy was not successfully communicated, then you have a case. I ANAL.

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      2 days ago

      Yes but, the USA is borderline anarchy nowadays (yes, I am exaggerating a bit here)… rules and laws only matter if they are applied and enforced uniformly and currently, they are not…