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Old Nov 11, 2003, 06:04 pm   #2 (permalink) (top)
RebelWithanAK
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Location: New York City
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Here in America, opening checking and savings accounts have minumum startup deposits. On top of that, checking accounts have monthly fees (like $20) if you have less than a certain amount (like $500). If you don't get either of the two, you can't deposit checks from employment except at check-cashing places, which charge anywhere from 5-10% of the total amount of the check to cash it, and to send money orders costs an additional 5% of the total amount that you're sending. Either way, it's expensive to be poor.

They're vultures, all of them. This is capitalism.


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