I’m in Chicago. There are plenty of banks, but my point is, poor people generally cannot walk into a bank and cash a check because they probably don’t have an account. So they go somewhere else that preys on them and charges a lot of money and leads to a cycle of expensive bad habits. A post office is better than…

I would argue that it’s a lack of access to banks that can get some customers through the door in the first place, although I know it is not all of them.

Of course easy access to post offices varies by region. It’s very easy for me to get to any of several post offices, but I’m in a major metro area. And the point is, it’s a solution for people who *can’t* bank. People who need to cash a paycheck but can’t maintain a $500 average minimum to keep a checking account open…

I was wondering that myself last night as I watched donations roll in for Bernie.

As posted by another commenter, Bernie would like to introduce basic financial services in post offices; while this wouldn’t eliminate *the perceived need for* payday loans, per se, it would give people who don’t have access to regular banks (for whatever reason) a way to establish better financial practices than,…

Well, if people can perform basic financial tasks at post offices, they’ll no longer need the predatory high-fee financial services offered by Walmart.

This is the only thing I can come up with, too. :/

I want that charteuse dress for my wedding.

I have a habit of anagramming everything and I think that’s why I get them confused, because their names are just too similar.

If you list out all the letters in their names, there is only one letter different.

Does anyone else get Brie Larson and Alison Brie mixed up, like, constantly? My brain insists they’re the same person.

I was thinking of Affleck’s super-exaggerated accent in “Good Will Hunting.” I grew up in the Springfield area so I’ve got it all down!

I agree that an actual policy would definitely need more thought/legal vetting than what I wrote.

“Bless his haaaaaaaht.”

Did Anna hear anything about this while she was on the boat? I want a Dave Johnson interview.

That actually does make some sense. Thank you.

I’d figured it was something like that. So, prevent yourself from breathing (the pressurized, recycled cabin air) and you won’t inhale forbidden cemetery stuff, I guess.

I didn’t even think of it that way!

The plastic, specifically, is a head-scratcher. The metal of the plane isn’t enough?

In this case, they could have had the man move, rather than the woman.