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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by giantg2 on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:42PM (#35594898)
Do you technically need a bank? You should be able to head to the post office or Walmart and pay with a money order.
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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by xyzzyz on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:45PM (#35594912)
Money orders are $1000 maximum, and they have fee of $2.40, so you might need to pay couple of dollars extra depending on how much you owe.
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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by jalk on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:57PM (#35594965)
He didn’t tell us how much he spent on parking and gas to go to the IRS office twice.
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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by eesmith on Monday April 17, 2023 @01:25AM (#35597126)
The downtown Boston tax office is 2.5 miles from the author's workplace. He could have walked, biked, or taken the MTA, which would be free if it already had a monthly pass. The MTA planner says it takes 21 min at the fastest.

So for him, it's likely the transit cost was $0.

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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by garciasn on Monday April 17, 2023 @01:53AM (#35597244)
Having a monthly pass is not free.
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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by eesmith on Monday April 17, 2023 @02:20AM (#35597363)
By "free" I mean there was no additional cost over already-budgeted use.

Shoes are not free. Bikes are not free. Food is not free.

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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by yurishimo on Sunday April 16, 2023 @06:57PM (#35594972)
You can pay for things with multiple money orders. I used to pay my rent this way.
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Re:One economist went on a long whimsical journey to pay his... by buildbot on Sunday April 16, 2023 @07:15PM (#35595061)
Tangentially, if you use USPS money orders, it has a fun side effect of making any fraud carried out with money orders, i.e. buying something on Craigslist, into a federal crime. Which is investigated by USPIS (United states postal inspection service).
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