{"id":382942,"date":"2018-10-30T11:06:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/bad-form-lewrockwell-2\/"},"modified":"2018-10-30T11:06:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T10:06:31","slug":"bad-form-lewrockwell-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/bad-form-lewrockwell-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bad Form – LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My bank is large and I am small: Perhaps that is why it feels entitled to write to me so impertinently. I received a letter from it the other day with the heading \u201cSome of your account information needs updating.\u201d<\/p>\n

My account information does not need anything; it is not the kind of entity that has needs. \u201cIt\u2019s very important that all of the information we have about your business is up to date.\u201d To whom is it important? Not to me, it isn\u2019t. All I want is that the bank should operate an account on my behalf into which I can pay money in and out.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is to help us stop financial crime.\u201d By that it presumably means financial crime not committed by itself, since earlier this year it was fined $2,000,000,000 for wrongdoing, only one of a succession of many such fines. (Of course, I also have my doubts about the probity of the authorities that levy the fines, which are a convenient way for governments to raise revenue without resorting to taxation.) I find it rather difficult, however, to imagine a financial criminal who was likely to be caught or even deterred as a result of filling in the form sent with the letter.<\/p>\n


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\n<\/span>\u201cWhat you need to do,\u201d says the letter, addressing me in the tone of Richard III refusing the Duke of Buckingham\u2019s request. \u201cComplete the form\u2026along with your supporting documentation\u2026. You\u2019ll need to complete\u00a0ALL<\/u>\u00a0sections of the form and sign the \u2018Declaration and signature\u2019 section. We\u2019ll be in touch if there\u2019s anything else you need to do.\u201d Finally, just to introduce a nice little touch of cognitive dissonance, \u201cWe\u2019re here to help.\u201d<\/p>\n

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