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South Park examines the banking industry (Original Post)
SHRED
Nov 2013
OP
Without Glass-Steagall it seems very relevant, albeit irritating to those in the banking industry.
GoneFishin
Nov 2013
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oberliner
(58,724 posts)1. Idiotic garbage from libertarian crackpots
Savings accounts are actually a great idea for young people.
iamthebandfanman
(8,127 posts)2. the episode is from march 2009.
you know, when we were steeply falling into a recession ?
a lil context would have been nice from the poster.. instead of acting like this is a new clip.
kinda not relevant as much now as it was then... unless youre a libertarian crackpot
oberliner
(58,724 posts)3. Got it
Makes more sense in that context.
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)4. Without Glass-Steagall it seems very relevant, albeit irritating to those in the banking industry.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)5. Hey, a $100 savings account will yield a lot in a year...
Last edited Tue Nov 12, 2013, 02:16 PM - Edit history (1)
a dime!
DhhD
(4,695 posts)7. Could cost more for the bank to keep the account, so the total declines over the year. Actually it
is a slow drain, not a fast/complete drain, for Retirement Accounts in a matter of moments. There is some truth to the video in my opinion.
progressoid
(49,992 posts)9. Yeah, my heart aches for the banks.
valerief
(53,235 posts)6. Excellent. Sad but so true. nt
pam4water
(2,916 posts)8. Well it would be gone in 3 months to banks fees, then there would be an over draft charge.