Cards & Cash

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Cash, the age-old symbol of monetary transfer is slowly being replaced by the “plastic” money of today's digital age. First, debit cards are able to become far more complex than ordinary cash and, through computer manipulation, allow for greater flexibility in usage. Second, neither cash nor card forms of money are worth much as a physical object, but the debit card is inherently more economical because it can be used so frequently in the place of various currencies. Third, plastic debit cards are also able to withstand greater physical abuse than their equivalent in paper currencies and therefore retain longer usable life spans. Fourth, cash used to be the most widespread means of payment for labor, but debit cards, with their automatic scheduling and reporting, are quickly overtaking cash. Fifth, debit cards are much more accessible than paper currencies because you only need to carry around and keep track of one item. Cash, in various forms, has withstood millenia of use and abuse, but its new counterpart, the debit card, is quickly replacing it as the mediator of monetary transfer.