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Lonestarblue

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7. The payday usurious banking operators will be happy with this.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 10:41 AM

Apr 14

Have they paid Trump for this rule? Without bank accounts, undocumented workers will have no options to cash checks other than payday operations that charge for the privilege. It's as if Trump and his dvil minions spend all their time thinking up ways to harm the most people.

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Bessent Says Bank Citizenship Proof Order Is 'In Process' [View all] BumRushDaShow Apr 14 OP

So when do they start installing Big Brother Television screens in everyone's home? Ray Bruns Apr 14 #1

you carry it in your purse or bc ack pocket... ret5hd Apr 14 #10

Nope. Because I can turn my phone off and the people in the book couldn't turn the screens off. Ray Bruns Apr 14 #29

No need. We have smart phones and Ring cameras. Oneironaut Apr 14 #13

Not to mention those... 2naSalit Apr 14 #21

Very rarely Rebl2 Apr 14 #35

Yet as Dump says JBTaurus83 Apr 14 #2

They want all but your fingerprints in blood when an account is opened bucolic_frolic Apr 14 #3

Oh, that's a great idea EuterpeThelo Apr 14 #4

Reminder that CNBC types and Fox Business News have been inveighing against Prairie Gates Apr 14 #5

Umm. Yeah. No. GB_RN Apr 14 #6

Who would absorb these costs? Mexico, would be my guess . . . Journeyman Apr 14 #9

The payday usurious banking operators will be happy with this. Lonestarblue Apr 14 #7

Been There, done that, Sweet Rosie Red Apr 14 #14

I think a lot of US companies pay their employees by direct deposit now FakeNoose Apr 14 #15

Mr. Bessent, Are you going to require a sexual preference test for bank customers? LiberalArkie Apr 14 #8

Offshore Accounts Too? 2na fisherman Apr 14 #11

How will this work with all the rich from other countries banking here? cbabe Apr 14 #12

The rich will be exempt kkmarie Apr 14 #16

True. It was a rhetorical question. Plus they can buy all the documents needed. cbabe Apr 14 #17

More absurd, unnecessary chaos introduced into the economy. Just what we needed. Martin68 Apr 14 #18

I think someone should start tracking every minute of Bessent's day. yellow dahlia Apr 14 #19

Of course the banks "regular" Americans want to know about Mblaze Apr 14 #20

This is such bullshit. Impeach these idiotic tyrants. Joinfortmill Apr 14 #22

Gee, I wonder if check cashing places are greasing somebody's filthy palms. Buddyzbuddy Apr 14 #23

Since the Patriot Act Punx Apr 14 #24

We have been here before. BidenRocks Apr 14 #25

The Nanny Financial State to make life more complicated bucolic_frolic Apr 14 #26

I see a lot of low income people using WalMart as a bank. hunter Apr 14 #27

So, I can just bank in Canada. AnnaLee Apr 14 #28

They have about as much right to this info as they do our medical info Bayard Apr 14 #30

and here comes a run on the banks before this goes into effect. nt Javaman Apr 14 #31

Says a member of the biggest criminal enterprise in history not fooled Apr 14 #32

Oh goody. Until I get a legal name change I won't be able to open a new account? pat_k Apr 14 #33

This is Sheer Fallacy eringer Apr 14 #34