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tonekat

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9. It's NOT a effing business!

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:24 PM

Sep 17

It's government, which is supposed to do for people what they can't do for themselves.

Any loss is a mere rounding error compared to say, the military.

Stop scrimping at the loss of convenience for some Americans who earned those payments.

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Treasury to phase out paper checks, citing cost and security [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 17 OP

Proactively, as in two weeks before checks are cut off. Strelnikov_ Sep 17 #1

This also means tax returns will no longer be sent via mail. CountAllVotes Sep 17 #2

I think that's a mistake by Scripps. sl8 Sep 17 #7

How is stopping them in two weeks phasing them out? Blues Heron Sep 17 #3

They apparently sent out a notice back in July BumRushDaShow Sep 17 #4

"tax returns will no longer be sent via mail. " bucolic_frolic Sep 17 #5

Only a hop, skip, and a jump from Palantir deciding who gets paid and who doesn't. ...Or perhaps how much goes Ford_Prefect Sep 17 #6

So basically, the Feds just only gave less than a 2 week notice. whow riversedge Sep 17 #8

It's NOT a effing business! tonekat Sep 17 #9

Connecting bank accounts to the govt. for control is the intention. live love laugh Sep 18 #10

Yeah, that makes sense. The internet is safe. twodogsbarking Sep 18 #11