That's cause it uses your checking account number and not your debit or credit card. So it's just like writing a check at a store. Takes a few days to show up on your statement.
Lol, NY state funded the building of the Solar City plant. That is the definition of corporate welfare. There are federal indictments being handed out over bid rigging and bribery of public officials on the project. That is the definition of crony capitalism.
The gov't bails out a lot of stuffs one way or another. (Their alleged GM bailout cost me thousands) Sometimes the market needs to be leveled, not tilted and then the market will determine winners and losers.
PayPal sucks.
Are we really pretending the gub'mint doesn't subsidize and bail out a wide range of stuffs and thangses?