Re: How Does This Happen?

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From: Brent P
Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:36

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On 2008-08-01, Scott in SoCal <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Seems to me a bunch of losers thought they were getting away with
> riding the "L" for free, and when the charges didn't come through in a
> timely fashion, they assumed they would NEVER come through and spent
> that money AGAIN.

Um scott, here's how mr. and mrs. average function. They go to the ATM
and see they have $500 in the account. They think they can spend $500.
There is no thought process about 'getting away with riding for free' or
anything of the sort. They simply don't do the tally at all. They assume
the money has already been extracted and go on their ignorant way. 

There is a way to go on with life without keeping a daily tally but that
means keeping a sufficently high balance in the account. But in a
country where saving is penalized you're going to have a significant
portion of the population that doesn't do that.

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From: Brent P <tetraethylleadREMOVETHIS@yahoo.com>
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