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I just found this video while hanging around The Daily Show’s website. It’s a few weeks old, but the commentary on the new CARD Act is fantastic.
I agree that the banks were doing some pretty shady stuff. I mean, changing you bill due date so you’d purposely have to pay a late fee? Come one. Or how about jacking up your interest rate on purchases you already made. That is 100% bullshit. Could you imagine the riots that would take place if grocery stores starting telling customers: “Remember that gallon of milk you bought two months ago? Yeah…um…we’ve changed the price. You owe us 15% more now.”?
But on the other hand, no corporation was forcing anybody to swipe their credit card. People figured out all by themselves that they needed a new plasma television or shiny iPhone.
It’s not easy to hear, but no one truly deserves those things. People want stuff now and credit card companies are more than willing to give it to them. Rising above the temptation of stuff I suppose is the only real solution.
Favorite part of the video, by the way:
Why? Fuck you, that’s why!
