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

[arthurgoodwin]

29. So What??? It's another way to eff the poor!!!

Many of the poor, including me, cannot afford the cost of a bank account. Not when it is a choice of paying $10.75 a month (cheapest monthly cost of any bank near me for a checking account) - and the cost of printed checks adds even more to this. Not when that $10.75 a month has to come from something else that is critical. It is NOT a choice, it is something forced on us because we are poor. So many of the very, very poor will have to wait the longest to receive any stimulus at all.

Others responding to this thread mentioned getting a free Credit Union account. Well, that doesn't work for many either. Yes, there is a credit union that I would be eligible to join 'nearby', but it is 8 miles from where I live, so that means a 16-mile round trip walk every time I have to go there. Again, really not feasible.

So, yes, this is NOT fair. And, like almost everything the Republicans do, it (whether intentional or not) always seems to eff the poor more than others.