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applegrove

(118,777 posts) Mon Dec 17, 2018, 04:50 AM Dec 2018

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I mean I pay my bank a fee for them holding my money and investing it elsewhere, applegrove Dec 2018 #1

Difference is Mr. Quackers Dec 2018 #2

applegrove

(118,777 posts)

1. I mean I pay my bank a fee for them holding my money and investing it elsewhere,

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Mon Dec 17, 2018, 05:22 AM

Dec 2018

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that they make great profit from. I didn't use to have to pay my bank so much back in the 80s. The contract the people or government have with big business has gone backwards and upside down in the last 30 years.

Mr. Quackers

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2. Difference is

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Mon Dec 17, 2018, 05:33 AM

Dec 2018

you can choose from a number of banks or no bank at all.

But you MUST pay taxes. If you don't the government will eventually catch up with you and demand payment under threat of whatever legal remedy they have at their disposal.

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