THIRTY-FIVE dollars for an overdraft fee? That's almost FIVE hours of work on a minimum wage salary. Give me a break. I'm not going to let big banks take advantage of families just trying to get by. - ThreadSky

repbynum.bsky.social • 13 days ago

THIRTY-FIVE dollars for an overdraft fee? That's almost FIVE hours of work on a minimum wage salary.

Give me a break.

I'm not going to let big banks take advantage of families just trying to get by.

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nmyopinion345.bsky.social•12 days ago

Trump's administration is directly involved in increasing bank overdraft fees knowing that the sudden job losses will have a long term affect with the loss of income.

angiseyes.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's usually $39
- Bookkeeper

siryaas.bsky.social•13 days ago

Which resolution is this?

luful.bsky.social•13 days ago

Rep Janelle Bynum
✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼

pauldimilla.bsky.social•13 days ago

Great that you oppose the referenced resolution, but providing more context (e.g., exactly which resolution?), perhaps in the form a URL to the resolution under consideration, would be appreciated by your constituents. And what are you proposing to do beyond not voting in favor of the resolution?

or-rust.bsky.social•13 days ago

Thank you madam

logicaldeduction.bsky.social•13 days ago

The real rip-off here is the minimum wage at $7.25. That's not a job wage, just an "extra money" wage. You know, for someone that has to work two or three jobs to make ends meet. That's what ReTrumplicans want folks to do. "Keep them working a mop while I get rich" Sick country we have here.

d-99.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why is this even a consideration? They have already voted to maintain the horrible low minimum wage. Why allow banks to raise the overdraft fees? They despise the poor and even more, they want to keep them there. Groveling at their feet and begging for a fair wage so that they can feel magnanimous.

pillsbury37.bsky.social•13 days ago

before the CFPB fees could be $50 for each time it they applied it which would be as often as possible

algebrafrombith.bsky.social•12 days ago

Why is congress working for banks, not it's constituents.

sickofelon.bsky.social•13 days ago

Make calls every day #5calls
Capitol Switchboard (202) 224-3121
Attend town hall meetings
letters-boycott-strike-blackouts
#Bluestormrising #resist
#dumptrump #banelonmusk
#cancelelonmusk #taxbillionaires
#DontDefundPublicSchools
#generalstrikeus

or-resistor.bsky.social•12 days ago

Constituent who voted for you here.
What are you doing to save Social Security ? Or stopping the Fanta Fuhrer from ignoring the power of the Congress? What did you do a the speech? When is your next town hall?

mike-s-anderson.bsky.social•13 days ago

The unfortunate reality is that only the poor have to face overdraft fees.

lisalove420.bsky.social•13 days ago

It's very expensive to be poor.

mike-s-anderson.bsky.social•13 days ago

Extremely. I was there for about two decades. 10% rent late fees + $30 convenience fees to pay online, 30% interest car loans, utility reconnection fees, payday loan fees, bank fees, you get put in a hole that even when you start making money, you are still in the cycle of debt caused by poverty.

lisalove420.bsky.social•13 days ago

I was often forced to buy the $20 work shoes that were unsupportive and uncomfortable, and that wore out in 6mo, instead of buying the $120 shoes that would give me support and last a few years.
I now have major back problems, largely from working for 25yrs on my feet in bad shoes.

mike-s-anderson.bsky.social•13 days ago

Non-slips? Been there.

njpetblog.bsky.social•13 days ago

OK, hope so, exactly how are you going to do that?

liberalhombre.bsky.social•12 days ago

Get off X!
Delete your X account

Why do you support the Billionaire trying to destroy our country?

#Resist

jseewrites.bsky.social•7 days ago

Not just big banks. There are just 21 credit unions (those w > $10B in assets) covered by the CFPB overdraft cap. But for some reason, the credit union trade association opposed the cap, and 18 state credit union state leagues did the same.

https://www.americascreditunions.org/news-media/news/financial-services-committee-passes-resolution-disapproval-cfpb-overdraft-rule

jseewrites.bsky.social•7 days ago

So, either the overdraft cap is a bad idea, or your friendly neighborhood credit unions are lining up with the "big banks" to screw the little guy.

eltopo71.com•13 days ago

Absolutely nobody:

Banks: "you know what, why don't we charge a huge penalty fee when you already don't have the money you're supposed to have"

belnot.bsky.social•13 days ago

EXACTLY ; THEY HAVE TO COME OUT FOR THEIR FEELINGS ! the only why is to Resist

pcoop1960.bsky.social•12 days ago

💙🇺🇸💙

lobleytea.bsky.social•13 days ago

The one thing I learned when I was poor is that being poor is extremely expensive.

quodnomenmihiest.bsky.social•12 days ago

🎯

Poor people are literally stealth taxed for being poor!!

This is classism!!!

Stop fighting culture wars.
Fight the class war.

quodnomenmihiest.bsky.social•12 days ago

These bank fees are classist. It's an example of how the working poor are punished for being poor. Fees like this are modern-day debtor's prisons & indenturement. Banks are literally feeding off of the instability that comes with living paycheck to paycheck.

dakirk1971.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank you for showing how easy this is to make common sense out of irrational, greedy corporations. I’m happy you’re there. Please keep up the fight. And please make good trouble. This is a constitutional crisis.

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