Walmart isn't satisfied by screwing the poor with low wages and crappy products, so, they've decided to go in to banking. The retail giant was previously denied a banking charter by U.S. regulators, but a new partnership with the Green Dot Corporation means that Walmart will soon offer checking accounts. What could possibly go wrong?

 

According to a recent article on Alternet.org, Walmart says they're trying to help the poor by offering accounts with no overdraft fees or minimum balance. However, the retailer isn't mentioning the fine print. In order to open an account at Walmart, you'll need to purchase a "starter kit" for three bucks, and make a minimum deposit of $20 dollars. Then, customers will have to pay $2.50 to use an out-of-network ATM, and keep a balance of $500 bucks or pay another $9 dollars a month in fees.

 

While that may not sound like a lot to some people, it could be a big hit for someone living on minimum wage. And, fees can rack up quickly if someone falls behind. The fact is, the too-big-to-jail banks already get away with outrageous fees and fines, and they don't need Walmart's help to rip off more Americans.

 

-Thom

 

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Article: "Thomas Eric Duncan dead: First US Ebola victim dies in Texas hospital" by Kashmira Gander.

Article: "How Many Infections" by RID.

Article: "Ebola screening begins at US airports" by BBC.

Article: "Deaths by medical mistakes hit records" by Erin McCann.

Article: "Texas Health revises statements to: 'no flaw in the EHR'" by Erin McCann.

Article: "Bubonic plague" by Wikipedia.

Site: Family Farm Defenders.

Article: "1918 flu pandemic"(Spanish flu) by Wikipedia.

Article: "Airborne Ebola Is Extremely Unlikely, Expert Says" by Alexandra Sifferlin.

Article: "CDC: Airborne Ebola possible but unlikely" by Elise Viebeck.

Article: "Some Ebola experts worry virus may spread more easily than assumed" by David Willman.

Article: "Back in Liberia, Ebola is killing Thomas Duncan's neighbors" by Nima Elbagir and Ben Brumfield.

 

Article: "Doug Ducey" by Wikipedia

Article: "The Inside Scoop: Cold Stone Creamery attracted a lot of franchisees thinking it was a sure thing. It wasn't." by Richard Gibson.

 

Plus, a conversation with AZ candidate for Governor Fred DuVal
- Fred DuVal 

Article: "Arizona high court rules state must fund education per voter passed referendum requiring annual increases" by Cora Ricketts.

Article: "10 things to know: Arizona SB 1062" by Tal Kopan.

Case: "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby", 2014.

Hour Two: New poll...85% of nurses say we're not ready for Ebola
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Article: "National Nurses United: We're not ready for Ebola".

Article: "Nurses Call on U.S. Hospitals to Improve Emergency Preparedness for Potential Ebola U.S. Infections" by NNU.

Article: "Nurse contracts Ebola while caring for patient at Spanish hospital".

Article: "Ebola Signs and Symptoms" by CDC.

Article: "Ebola virus disease" by WHO.

 

Article: "Spain, Amid Protests, Kills Dog of Ebola-Infected Nurse" by Raphael Minder and Pam Belluck.

Quote: "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'" - George Bernard Shaw (paraphrased by Robert F. Kennedy and others).

 

Talk Radio News Segment:
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Article: "First U.S. Ebola Patient Dies In Texas" by TRNS.

Article: "Man dies of Ebola in Texas, as world toll nears 3,900" by Kerry Sheridan.

Article: "White House Predicts 150 Travelers Will Be Screened For Ebola Daily" by TRNS.

Article: "U.S.'s Kerry: Establishment of Buffer Zones in Syria Worth Considering" by Felicia Schwartz.

Article: "Justice Kennedy Blocks Idaho, Nevada Same-Sex Marriage Rulings" by Nicholas Salazar.

Article: "Panetta: '30-year war' and a leadership test for Obama" by Susan Page.

Article: "UN: 300+ Killed Since Ukraine Ceasefire" by Luke Vargas.

Article: "Americans living longer, but suicide rates continue to climb, CDC finds" by AP.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/8" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "TRNS News Notes- 10/7" by Victoria Jones.

Article: "Enterovirus D68 claims preschooler as first victim" by CBS News.

Site: "The Fast Diet".

Article: "Disease Threat From Immigrant Children Wildly Overstated" by Rachel Pearson.

Article: "Linus Pauling" by Wikipedia.

Article: "The Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to three men who revolutionized microscopy" by Rachel Feltman.

Article: "Alfred Nobel" by Wikipedia.

Article: "HIV pandemic's roots traced back to 1920s Kinshasa" by Kate Kelland.

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