Because without one, I guarantee it isn't until after the prime rib, baked potato and key lime pie that I realize I have only 85 cents left in electronic cash not even enough to cover valet parking. Here's where smart cards get really ugly. I've tried like heck to teach my son the value of a dollar. Soon, thanks to technology, he won't even know what one looks like. But plenty of folks are going to line up against smart cards, including most of corporate America.
Businesses are frail enough as it is.
They depend on the quarters folks lose in a pay phone. Snuff out smart cards. Although, soon enough, even that and a quarter won't get you a cup of coffee. The downturn in the tech economy isn't as gloomy as you might expect. West Coast Bureau Chief Pimm Fox offers a list of 10 positive aspects from the tech wreck.