Comments on: Of Being Poor http://realityme.net/2006/07/25/of-being-poor/ A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:25:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: djuggler http://realityme.net/2006/07/25/of-being-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-2969 djuggler Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:39:23 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/07/25/of-being-poor/#comment-2969 Hmmm.. That's interesting. Blasted Mac! Link came from http://popurls.com/ That was the picture below the link. Hmmm.. That’s interesting. Blasted Mac! Link came from http://popurls.com/ That was the picture below the link.

]]> By: Latte Man http://realityme.net/2006/07/25/of-being-poor/comment-page-1/#comment-2967 Latte Man Tue, 25 Jul 2006 16:20:09 +0000 http://blog.siliconholler.com/2006/07/25/of-being-poor/#comment-2967 (hmmm... you may wish to check that link. It certainly is not something that will keep someone down ;) I happened to read that article today as well. Intersting... scary but interesting. I disagree though that things like the fees for check cashing places are predatory. They do have to assume risks, and if the fees aren't enough to cover the risk, then they simply wouldn't provide the service. Of course they wouldn't be necessary at all if banks remembered that checks are "Demand Deposit" notes and that they are SUPPOSED to cash a check (drawn on an account at that bank) "ON DEMAND" and not "for accountholders only" (hmmm… you may wish to check that link. It certainly is not something that will keep someone down ;)

I happened to read that article today as well. Intersting… scary but interesting. I disagree though that things like the fees for check cashing places are predatory. They do have to assume risks, and if the fees aren’t enough to cover the risk, then they simply wouldn’t provide the service. Of course they wouldn’t be necessary at all if banks remembered that checks are “Demand Deposit” notes and that they are SUPPOSED to cash a check (drawn on an account at that bank) “ON DEMAND” and not “for accountholders only”

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