On 24 Mar 2008 12:04:09 GMT, "joe"
wrote:
>Alex Heney wrote:
>
>> On 23 Mar 2008 17:34:48 GMT, "joe"
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Cynic wrote:
>> >
>> >> > Please try not to be so stupidly arrogant. Very many low earners
>> in >> > the socially divisive Britain brought about through almost
>> eleven >> > years of Blairism DO NOT GET A CHOICE!
>> >>
>> >> Of course they do. Every legal resident of the UK is able to get a
>> >> bank account of some description. If they do not have one, that is
>> >> their choice.
>> >
>> > http://www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk/pdfs/bank_accounts.pdf
>> >
>> > The Co-op offer basic accounts (Cashminder) to everyone except those
>> > with info on their credit file about fraud. They offer a debit card
>> > (can be used for online shopping), you can set up direct debits on
>> > the account & get your salary paid into it.
>>
>> Which still isn't everyone.
>>
>> It is almost everyone. I am quite sure that MM's claim that "very
>> many" people can't get one is wrong (depending of course on your
>> definition of "very many"), but I am certain there are a significant
>> number who can't.
>
>I am perfectly ok with that, I am aware it is not everyone, but the
>claim, if you remember, was 1 in 12 of all households, which is
>obviously not true. 1 in 12 of very low income household, is the claim
>now being made.
The argument was not that 1 in 12 *cannot* get an account, but that 1
in 12 *don't* have an account.
There is then a separate debate, with no attempt to quantify it beyond
"very many" or "not many" on people who *can't* get a bank account.
--
Alex Heney, Global Villager
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