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Working Title: Compound Interest Time Travel Gambit: From YKTTW
Kizor: "most people are probably more worried about the moon falling out of orbit than they are about time-travel based banking scams." And this sentence makes perfect sense in context.
Aminatep: this trope isn't limited to Time Travel. Another incredibly popular scheme is to become a Human Popsicle and take your interest money from the future. Somebody, write something about that.