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Re:Why is everyone a bank? by qtplatypus on Monday November 18, 2019 @09:09PM (#21570153)
Banks have a habit of closing accounts of people involved in the sex industry and recreational drugs (even in places theses are legal)
Re:Why is everyone a bank? by briandear on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:19PM (#21570389)
Marijuana, one of these recreational drugs, is not legal in the United States.. and banks are beholden to federal regulators. The “legality” of marijuana is in dispute because it’s still a federal crime. The Supremacy Clause overrides thèse state “legalizations.”

I am vastly in favor of states rights and the 10th Amendment, however states seem to only care about those things when it supports what they want to do.

Re:Why is everyone a bank? by kube-system on Tuesday November 19, 2019 @09:51AM (#21573343)
Gun shops as well, and they have an even stronger legal standing under federal law.