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Haggard Celine

(17,834 posts)
Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:13 PM Feb 25

That's right, I forgot about the payday lenders.

And the check cashing places. Of course, a lot of companies will only pay you electronically, so they get these cards that are basically prepaid credit cards and draw out a little at a time. Bernie Sanders had an idea to have the post office serve as a sort of bank for these people. I know people, however, who just don't trust banks. They could hit the lottery and they would put it all in mason jars and bury it somewhere. Some would like for us to be a cashless society. I would resist that.

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