A form of government-operation whereby you are guaranteed "level" or "fair overall" treatment if you are generous with your "checks" to bribe local/state/federal officials, or if you are sufficiently rich (i.e., you have a large enough "balance" in da bank) that said officials feel obliged to make special allowances for you.
We may ostensibly have a "checks and balances" system, but it never seems to help out "da little guy" very much.
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A statement that always brings a really nice sens of relief to see/hear when checking/inquiring about your account-status.
"You have a zero balance" is comparably welcome to seeing that delightful little word "approved" pop up on the LCD display of a store's card-scanner, informing you that your debit/Food Stamps card didn't have a problem processing your purchases that time.
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