Why people might believe cash was outlawed

The always-entertaining Snopes.com weekly newsletter tells us – particularly those who live in Louisiana – not to fret about reports that the use of cash money has been banned in that state for any transaction involving second-hand goods of any kind.

Snopes reports:

On 3 April 2015 the website govtslaves.info published an article titled “Louisiana Makes It Illegal to Use Cash to Buy Used Goods,” appended with a “Breaking News” tag. The content of the page was largely excerpted from an article previously published by Acadiana television station KLFY, but an included link to that original content was no longer valid.

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