Let me say once again, that most folks who are getting worked up about others "not taking personal responsibility" are missing the point, and it may be because they chose not to watch (most of) the video and understand the point Ms. Warren was making - which she emphasizes at about the 2:00 mark.
I'm sorry that many folks saw this as their green light to get worked up and on their pedestal to preach about capitalism and personal financial responsibility. The points you're making are obvious, and nobody denies them.
I'm sorry that I started this thread and it continues going off the rails.
I'm now ignoring my own thread, as it's not worth following.
So I went back and paid special attention to her remarks @ 2:00.
My take on that is just more obnoxious grandstanding by a politician (with no solutions offered).
She complains that the banks got breaks, and they didn't pass them onto their customers. Well, Ms Warren (as a member of Congress) gave the banks those breaks (whatever breaks she's talking about, I'm not certain) - if she didn't also attach some strings to that, then that's her problem. But no, she blames the banks (and gets cheers from her anti-business supporters).
You may not like their NSF fees, but AFAIK, they are pretty transparent, and you have choices of where to bank.
So, thanks for posting and showing what a hypocrite Ms Warren (and most of Congress, not to just single her out) is.
Now (and to show I'm not just all pro-business), I can think of an area of overdraft fees that could be worth some regulation, or at least better transparency. Seems I've heard that a bank might actually take a days transaction, and in an overnight batch process, order them with the largest debit hitting first. So that could end up with some remaining small debits (not large enough to cause an NSF) to each be charged an overdraft fee, instead of listing the largest last, and creating only one fee.
I did read a justification of this, a banker saying yes, they do reorder transactions, largest first, since the larger debits are probably more important, like a mortgage payment. So in some cases, if only the sum would create the NSF, that would allow a larger one to go through. Not sure I buy that, but it does show there are two sides to most stories. Do they put in credits first? I dunno.
That could be dirty pool, IMO. Has Ms.Warren proposed any legislation on this?
OTOH, if an individual is over-drafting so often as to create a lot of fees, there's another problem that just needs to be fixed, so they don't have overdrafts and don't have any fees.
-ERD50