the government wants to go plastic money and get rid of paper and coin. The reason? All transactions become traceable. No more paying someone under the table, no more purchases without a paper trail. They want the taxes. They don't care if you or I take the hit as far as the scammers and thieves are concerned. What they care about it diving as deep as they can in our pockets.

So what I envision is that one day we will all have an account that income is credited to. And we will whip out a debit card to draw on that account for purchases and the like.