Somewhat Misplaced Outrage

In today’s Grand Rapids Press there is an article about gift cards.  One of the dead tree copies I saw, while getting my haircut, displayed a headline along the lines of “Couple angry they cannot buy gift cards with cash,” or something to that effect, which deserves some commentary itself.  Can you imagine not accepting cash payments for goods or services?  Anyway, the online article is entitled “Watch out for the fine print in gift cards" and the story informs us that many gift cards you may purchase must be used prior to a certain date or fees are assessed decreasing their value.  Bearer bonds they are not.

The article is interesting in the fact that it names retailers that do start dipping into the cash value of a card after a certain period of time and others, one actually, that does not.  Wouldn’t it be nice if individuals could apply their same outrage of gift card loss of value, through fee assessment, to paycheck loss of value, through excessive taxation.

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