[bakugo]

Why does it matter what I "need"? Why is it any of your business what I do with my money? I should have the right to spend it how I want, it's mine.

[Teandw]

It's not your money. It's partly mine and everyone else's in the country. Just like my money is partially yours. It's my business that you're paying your way in society in a correct manner so that I and others can benefit as part of a collective.

(Not that it's always fair but that's a different argument.)

[rootusrootus]

Ah, so that's why the cops figure that having more than a few hundred in cash means it's partly theirs. Well, not partly, they generally seem to think is completely theirs.

[Sharlin]

If the money were yours, it would be legal to destroy cash you possess. I don't think it is in most places that use fiat as a medium of exchange.