Comedy Video: The Internets Celebrities - Checkmate
Contributed by J. R. Ransom
Internets Celebrities
Comedy Video (9min 44sec): The Internets Celebrities - Checkmate. "America's most valuable resource? It's poor people. Poor people aren't concerned with debt. Debt drives our economy. Poor people drive our economy, okay? Poor people with checks.
"The Internets Celebrities Dallas Penn and Rafi Kam go in for an investigative report on Check-Cashing. Themes explored include usury, economic instability, commercial banks and their profit line, and the cycle of poverty.
The video is shot on location in Bushwick and Carroll Gardens in Brooklyn, New York. Also stars special guest Internets Celebrity Ben Popken of Consumerist.com.
"Let me show you what they do. When I come here and I cash my check, boom. My check for $250, I give them fours bucks and twenty five cents of that. I know what you're saying - that's $4.25 out of a $250 check. That's a lot of money..."
