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Banks need it /s
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If banks are funded by the government (ongoing bailouts and ridiculously beneficial laws for them) then they should be considered a public service and available to everyone, at least at a basic level
It did in the early 1900s to about late 1960s. It was killed because some banking lobbyist killed it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Postal_Savings_System#:~:text=The%20Postal%20Savings%20System%20was%20established%20as%20a,postal%20banking%20system%2C%20while%20Democrats%20preferred%20deposit%20insurance.
I agree. The moment they took a bailout is the moment they became a public utility.