Sign if you agree: Give everyone the option to bank at the Post Office

U.S. Postal Service

Bernie Sanders has proposed that the U.S. Postal Service offer banking services postal banking which was provided until 1967, and is still a reality in European & Asian countries.

Simply put, the Post Office would offer basic banking services to customers like low-interest savings accounts, debit cards and even some simple types of loans.

An estimated 68 million people live in bank deserts—areas without access to financial services. The banks don't want to serve these people because they're mostly poor, leaving them to be gouged by check-cashing shops and payday lenders.

Postal banking could save low-income families thousands of dollars per year, AND provide a new revenue stream for the Post Office.

Sign if you agree: Give everyone the option to bank at the Post Office.

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Postal banking makes sense, and was a reality in the United States from 1910 to 1967. Bring back postal banking to help save low-income families who live in "bank deserts" and provide the U.S. Postal Service with a new stream of revenue.