P.T. Barnum wasn't wrong. Or else, Ponzi schemes would never work. As for 'chek,' yeah. It doesn't matter if the cheque is in the mail if there are no funds in the account. PNC didn't even think to charge 'overdraft' fees? There are three financial businesses that should never fail, according to the Federal bank examiner who taught me (in Arlington) how to read a bank's finances: Banking ("if you're adhering to sound banking principles" - like not lending money to people you know can never pay it back); Insurance (it's a bet that someone will pay for piece-of-mind, while the insurance company hopes you never really need it to cover an event); and running a Casino. Maybe veterans etc would have done better to invest in an existing, legitimate business, like Brita? As for Kodak - I'm still waiting to hear it announce it has developed its Coronavirus-19 vaccine...https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/28/896209016/trump-gives-medical-stockpile-a-kodak-moment-with-new-loan-to-make-drugs
P.T. Barnum wasn't wrong. Or else, Ponzi schemes would never work. As for 'chek,' yeah. It doesn't matter if the cheque is in the mail if there are no funds in the account. PNC didn't even think to charge 'overdraft' fees? There are three financial businesses that should never fail, according to the Federal bank examiner who taught me (in Arlington) how to read a bank's finances: Banking ("if you're adhering to sound banking principles" - like not lending money to people you know can never pay it back); Insurance (it's a bet that someone will pay for piece-of-mind, while the insurance company hopes you never really need it to cover an event); and running a Casino. Maybe veterans etc would have done better to invest in an existing, legitimate business, like Brita? As for Kodak - I'm still waiting to hear it announce it has developed its Coronavirus-19 vaccine...https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/07/28/896209016/trump-gives-medical-stockpile-a-kodak-moment-with-new-loan-to-make-drugs
I live very simply and I'm very happy with my Brita pitcher. 'chek mate. 😁