"You will stand in line and do as they say with your money, which they consider theirs." There you have it in the nutshell. This is the leftist ideology in the nutshell as well.

His take on the relative freedom of an illegal alien compared to us citizens seems spot on as well, especially in sanctuary areas.

At my local bank they want my ID just to deposit a check, made out to me, into my account. they give me some BS about being some Fed law or something... I think I need to change banks, again.

When my X2 was in VN I deposited a check made out to him in his bank account. It was not accepted. I went into the bank and raised so much hell, they deposited it into his account. I asked if they wanted to bring him home to endorse it.

There was a time some years back and for various reasons I hoarded cash. Each time I cashed a paycheck I stashed $100 in an ammo can where someone else would never look. Any time I had extra cash I would also stash it there and this went on for many years. After I retired I wanted to buy myself a brand new vehicle and I finally had the guts to count my hidden savings to see how much of a vehicle I could afford with just cash, no loans and a title in my name only. What a fiasco that turned out to be. The car dealer could not accept my $50K in cash. Neither could my bank. I had to slowly deposit my cash into my banks in less than $10K deposits over a few weeks. The bank told me they had to report any large cash deposits because it could be from ill gotten gains like drug dealing or gambling and the old money in the mattress would not fly. I am pretty sure there is some law we are not allowed to have more than $10K of our own money in cash at any time. At my bank they pay me some ridiculously low interest rate on the cash I have in my account that they in turn loan out, even to me, at a ridiculously high interest rate. Banks are notoriously legitimate thieves and certainly not our friends. I can't squirrel my extra cash away any more and it all has to go into accounts that the government could have access to or at the least knowledge of. Just another Freedom that we allowed to slip away.

I would agree. I dont trust the banks at all. They are run by the government, feed at the government trough, and do whatever the government tells them to do.

I'm feeling truly blessed, as my Oklahoma bank gives me little static about anything, and goes out of the way to offer any service I might need. It's also noted as one of the top 20 banks in the country for responsible handling of customer's finances and its ratio of cash to outlays.

I am still dealing with fraudulent checks deposited into Bank of America then deducted from my bank (5/3 Bank). Because I do not have an account with Bank of America I am not allowed to speak with a company representative for a status report on my claim. I wrote a letter to the corporate office asking to speak with a representative about my claim two weeks ago. Nothing from the head office so far. Next I will post my experience on social media - that should get a response.

My "Banker" tried to tell his hard headed old Lady what to do with her investments what I should sell (since then grew) THANK YOU President Trump....every year he would tell me we needed to get together and go over things well, every year MY choices prevailed only thing about the pandemic that turned out well now he sends a secure email.