From:	dbuehrer@****.org (David Buehrer)
Subject:	Re: SINs and cred
Date:	Fri, 27 Sep 1996 07:33:38 -0600 (MDT)

Pete Sims wrote:
|
|>That's kinda the way we play it too, although we use cash bills as well...
|>Although it tends to be pretty rare. Not many people use cash,, which
|>actually makes it more tracceable...:)
|
|Now there's an interesting statement..... :-)
|
|There is a large SINless population in Seattle (for instance - I'm not
|even considering other cities at the mo') without a SIN, you can't have
|a certified credstick, unles you can afford to buy one, which most
|SINless and homelesss can't, therefore it would seem sensible for these
|people to deal in cash, (either through state benefits - I can't see
|that these would be abolished, or begging) sooooo, logically, there
|should still be a substantial cash flow in most major UCAS cities,
|seeing as the barter system is unlikely to be reintroduced. I use the
|game where cash is cash, and credsticks are the credit card/cheque books
|of today. Sorry, but I have a real problem giving certified credit to
|homelesss/SINless people where no track can be kept of their
|whereabouts, and the majority don't have the income to allow for one.
|

You forgot about barter, coupons and mealtickets.

Say a squater sees some runners take down a gang that gets
in their way. The squater goes in and picks up some of the
dead gangers' guns, armor and various trinkets. He runs
his stuff over to the local pawn shop who's owner gives him
some new shoes, a winter coat, and some meal tickets for
some of the local foodstands (which the pawn shop owner
bought with credsticks so that he can deal with the
local sinless population).

-David

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