People who choose not to have bank accounts are being discriminated against in the stimulus package.

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22. Imo, you're not entirely fair in casting this as victimization.

People who choose not to have bank accounts all understand they were choosing to give up a lot of convenience, including longer times for a lot of things that are a normal way of life. Their choice. And this won't be the first or 20th time the consequences of this choice were unforeseen.

Unfairness lies with those who can't choose for various reasons, and my sympathy for those who function well and make sensible decisions but don't have stable income or savings for bank accounts. (Transportation problems are no longer a reason for most.)

Those also include, though, a good percentage of people who've never functioned well enough to participate adequately in society due to mental/emotional issues and often lack of family support. No matter how this was done, millions of those would be served late, and some not at all considering that many are not at whatever last address they left and/or that many who don't receive a check for any reason will never follow up, even knowing it.

Perhaps those checks could be gotten out faster, but at least be happy that we put Democrats in charge of the house. To strong conservatives bank accounts are like clean, late-model cars -- indicators of worthiness, lack of them indicators of unworthiness. Today's Republicans believe government should punish unworthiness, but Democrats are able to put strong limits on how much they can get away with.