Thanks @moreish88. We need to share this far and wide, resteem, email, verbally...

@tomm has posted a great example of what choke hold a reliance on bank products has on us.

A bill has been introduced to ammend Section 981(b) of title 18, United States Code, by accommodating the freezing bank accounts of persons arrested for offenses involving the movement of money across international borders.

See here.

Worth resteeming I believe.