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Agreed to it under compulsion. It isn't feasible to go without a banking account / credit union account. Modern society relies on these accounts. And all of the

• chimeracoder 9y ago
  > Agreed to it under compulsion. It isn't feasible to go without a banking account / credit union account. Modern society relies on these accounts. A) A credit account is not the same thing as a checking account or credit union account B) Plenty of people, even in the US, operate without any of these things. It's not fun, but it's absolutely possible.
  • ci5er 9y ago
    > Plenty of people, even in the US, operate without any of these things After my company crashed, my wife divorced me and then I got cancer -- things were pretty grim on my credit-worthiness story. Net-net: I went without a bank-account for a few years and learned to live with pre-paid phones, money-orders, cashing checks at pawn-shops and pre-paid debit cards, and (for medical and other reasons - not able to drive. Good news: I saved on car insurance, gas and parking). All-in-all ... not a lot of fun (it's very expensive and time-consuming to be poor in America!). But! As you say: it is do-able.