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Prairie Gates

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4. A Post about how we are Powerless to the Credit Card companies

Reply to PeaceWave (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 06:07 PM

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And that they are not really taking massive profits but merely mitigating their risks, and that if you carry a balance, you're really to blame then, aren't you?

In other words, three paragraphs of garbage capitalist claptrap.

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So, here's what happens if/when Trump forces banks to lower credit card interest rates... [View all] PeaceWave Tuesday OP

I think you're right. It doesn't have to be that way. Capping Credit Card interest rates Wiz Imp Tuesday #1

Banks will yank back most credit lines for the proles durablend Tuesday #7

We went through this in the Bush Recession of 2009-2010. House of Roberts Tuesday #2

I remember chase increased their minimum payment which broke their TofS they lost a pretty big class action over it yaesu Tuesday #3

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Tuesday #8

A Post about how we are Powerless to the Credit Card companies Prairie Gates Tuesday #4

This is all about the mid term elections... S/V Loner Tuesday #5

Or the corporations can start charging annual fees, again, to use their cards. Back allegorical oracle Tuesday #6

I'm all for improvements to FormerOstrich 22 hrs ago #9

What solutions to you see in this? Torchlight 17 hrs ago #10