About the cash issue. On the front of each American banknote, it says "This note is legal tender for all debts public and private." You can point it out to the no-brains as you work your way through the bureaucrats at all levels.

I believe it was Frank Herbert, in one of his Dune novels who pointed out that the less power one has, the more inclined the person is to excercise it.

If your son is working at a supermarket, he is almost certainly a union member. Many things go on that he is in a position to protest--This includes sales of non-union grapes. He can get the union to take a stand if he is willing to risk his low-paid job. It is amazing how many changes people can make if they are willing to 'just say no!'