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Gillibrand, AOC, Sanders, and Kaptur's Latest Idea: Let The Post Office Also Be A Bank

[Sierra Sun Times] April 19, 2021 - Last week, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and U. S. Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Gillibrand Kirsten senatorBill Pascrell (D-NJ), and Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) called on Congress to implement postal banking pilot programs in rural and urban communities across the country as part of the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) Senate and House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations (FSGG) Appropriations Bill and eventual final conference agreement. The lawmakers also pushed for $6 million in funding for USPS in FY22 to carry out the pilot programs to expand non-bank financial services offerings.

(Left) Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

"Mainstream financial institutions and predatory lenders often take advantage of underbanked Americans with high fees and interest rates that keep them in a cycle of poverty. As families across the country try to recover from the economic crisis, establishing postal banking pilot programs would ensure these communities have financially safe and reliable banking services," said Senator Gillibrand. "Expanding basic financial services at post offices in both rural and urban communities would help families who know just how expensive it is to be poor in America. This pilot program takes important steps to help struggling Americans and reintroduce widespread postal banking. I am proud to work alongside my colleagues to ensure it is included in the FSGG Appropriations Bill."

Posted by Besoeker 2021-04-20 01:16|| || Front Page|| [11158 views ] Top

#1 That is not legal at all numbskull.

Besides, who want's THAT running a bank?

Just....
go away

Posted by newc 2021-04-20 02:10|| 2021-04-20 02:10|| Front Page Top

#2 Nobody in there right mind would use the Post Office as their bank ~~with so many other choices available~~ unless forced to.

Oh, wait...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-04-20 07:36|| 2021-04-20 07:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Doesn't this turd of an idea resurrect itself every 15 - 20 years?

Posted by Raj 2021-04-20 08:57|| 2021-04-20 08:57|| Front Page Top

#4 hell, they can barely keep up with the mail.

Posted by Chris 2021-04-20 09:26|| 2021-04-20 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 They do it in Europe, you see, which automatically makes it desirable to a certain segment of the population. Mostly the segment that isn’t aware that the US Postal Service has been closing and consolidating post offices, putting drop-off satellites in shops, and so forth. And equally unaware that banks have been putting satellites in grocery stores for years, in addition to on-line bank options.

Posted by trailing wife 2021-04-20 09:41|| 2021-04-20 09:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Just another Dim scheme to skim money for Berney's fifth and sixth houses. And to pay off AOC's college debt.
Sheesh, miserable scum!

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2021-04-20 13:02|| 2021-04-20 13:02|| Front Page Top

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