by Patrick Barron, Activist Post:

Before delving into the dangers of eliminating cash and mandating that all transactions be conducted by digital means, let us briefly discuss the legal aspects of money. In the United States, as in all economies that have legal tender laws, only cash is recognized as money. Some may think that the balance of their bank accounts is money, too, but that is not quite the case. Your bank balance is one step removed from legal money.