Why Cash Is Important, Only Use Cash in Your Community, Tapping for a Cookies, Bank & Credit Cards
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The speaker argues that modern society is deeply entrenched in a corrupt system where individuals are forced to participate through traditional banking and credit card usage, often driven by the need for regular paychecks every two weeks. He suggests that people should reconsider their employment ethics and explore off-the-books work or barter systems within their local communities to avoid being tracked by financial institutions. By engaging in direct exchange without involving banks, individuals can bypass the surveillance and control inherent in the current monetary system, allowing them to operate more freely outside of government oversight.
A significant portion of the video focuses on the speaker's personal habit of paying exclusively with cash for everyday items like cookies and groceries, refusing to accept receipts unless a warranty is legally required. He criticizes the practice of card tapping, noting that every transaction incurs hidden fees: credit card companies take a 3% to 5% cut from the merchant, which ultimately raises prices for consumers, while banks charge monthly maintenance fees or limit free withdrawals. The speaker illustrates his strategy of withdrawing large sums once a month to cover an entire period's expenses, thereby minimizing the impact of any bank fees he must pay, unlike those who make small, frequent transactions that maximize these costs.
The transcript also highlights how the digital payment system negatively impacts service workers and tips, which are essential for many in the hospitality industry. When customers tip using credit cards, the transaction is recorded on the books, forcing employees to declare a portion of their income as taxable wages while paying taxes on the rest, effectively reducing their actual earnings. The speaker expresses strong disdain for this arrangement, viewing it as a burden imposed by the government and the financial elite that strips workers of their rightful compensation, turning what should be a simple exchange into a complex web of fees and taxes that benefits corporations rather than the people involved.
In conclusion, the speaker views the reliance on credit cards and digital payments as ridiculous and disgusting, especially when used for trivial purchases like a single cookie while holding a phone in the other hand. He believes that this behavior represents a surrender to a system designed to extract value from ordinary citizens through various fees and taxes, benefiting the wealthy few at the expense of the working class. His final message is a call to reject these modern conveniences in favor of cash transactions that preserve personal freedom, reduce financial exploitation, and support local communities without contributing to the broader machinery of corruption and surveillance.
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Real fresh, so much corruption going on.
What does one believe? People do pretend
to be dead all the time. Yeah.
And they're invested in this [ __ ]
system. People are I need to get my
paycheck every 2 weeks. Well, maybe
rethink your work. Rethink your ethics.
Do something off the books.
Right? So, you can't be tracked. Right?
So, you can
do things on a barter system within your
community, so you're not giving money to
the banks. When I go to the stores right
now, I see [ __ ] Canadians tapping
their cards on everything. On a [ __ ]
cookie. I go to the pastry shop, right?
To buy cookies.
I pay it like I've said before, I pay
cash on everything. I don't I don't care
and I don't take a receipt on anything.
Except if if it's like electronic where
you need a warranty or whatnot. I'm
buying cookies, I don't take receipt. I
go to a grocery store to buy food, I
don't take receipt. I pay cash. Cash,
cash, cash [ __ ] everywhere. Comic
book store, cash. Every [ __ ] where.
Right?
I see people in the grocery store, they
buy one [ __ ] cookie. One [ __ ]
cookie. Brings out his card and taps it.
[ __ ]
Okay. First of all, you're paying a fee
for that [ __ ] card. Right?
You're Most people pay a fee for monthly
fee for their banking transaction. I got
a bank account where I pay no fees. I
have one I get one free transaction a
month, withdrawal a month. I can deposit
as much as I want. I get one withdrawal
a month. When I go to withdraw from a
bank, I withdraw
money for the whole [ __ ] month. Okay?
I don't withdraw five bucks, 10 bucks,
20 bucks, 100 bucks, 500 bucks. I
withdraw money for the whole [ __ ]
month. I get one withdrawal for free, I
withdraw for the whole [ __ ] month. I
don't give the bank any I try not to
give the bank any money. Sometimes I
have to do two, I give them a little bit
of fee. There are people who pay monthly
fees for the bank accounts so they can
tap [ __ ] everything. When they're
tapping everything either through Visa
credit cards, the credit card company
company takes a stake out of that. So, 3
to 5% goes to the credit card company,
not to your local bakery, right?
The store pays fees to be able to
[ __ ] have these registers where they
can tap everything, right? So, costs the
bakery money.
Okay.
Everything that the bakery makes
is on the books,
right? Every little [ __ ] penny is
taxed, right?
There are people who tip.
They They tap and they tip on the card.
So, all the tips, tips that most If you
ever
had friends in the service industry,
they live off tips, right? They live off
tips. I've known friends in the service
industry. I partied with a [ __ ] lot
of them.
Their Their tips
they would maybe declare 20% of their
tips as income and the rest of the 80%
pays the [ __ ] bills, right? Now,
everything's [ __ ] on the books. So,
they have to pay taxes on all that [ __ ]
What does that do? That takes tips from
the used to be 5% if the service was
really good, you pay 10% tips. Now, the
tips are minimum 10% to 20%, right? So,
that's a burden on the society, right?
Why? Because the government, the
abstinent class, wants their [ __ ]
stake. And people are okay with this
[ __ ] [ __ ]
I have zero [ __ ] sympathy for our
societies in the western world when I
see [ __ ] using a [ __ ] card
to buy a [ __ ] cookie.
Personally for me, I'd like to take that
[ __ ] cookie. And
right? Disgusting. Ridiculous. Right?
Ridiculous.
Mhm.
Tony man says it on Rumble. Modern
people, phone in hand, disposable coffee
in the other hand. Right?
It's a [ __ ] joke. Bad joke at that.
Right?