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12. They are a giant wealth extraction scheme, just like the American for-profit healthcare system, etc.

Reply to Trailrider1951 (Reply #9)

Tue Feb 28, 2023, 02:49 PM

Feb 2023

Scientifically (to degrees almost unfathomable in their broadness, detail, complexity, depth, and effective penetrative reach) designed to funnel wealth upwards from the broad base up to the top of pyramidion.

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Credit rating. [View all] imanamerican63 Feb 2023 OP

As the old saying goes, cloudbase Feb 2023 #1

---and boy, do a couple'a banks got problems. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #2

Add A 0 or Two modrepub Feb 2023 #5

But why would you keep a card with a fee? 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #3

I don't have to pay it anymore. imanamerican63 Feb 2023 #4

Had a credit card that suddenly, after 20 years, starting charging me a $30/yr fee. Nothing had allegorical oracle Feb 2023 #13

It doesn't matter as much as people think it does Johnny2X2X Feb 2023 #6

I find it fascinating that when you close down a credit card, i.e. have access Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #7

I paid off a huge loan XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #11

I like the way your score goes down when you pay off sinkingfeeling Feb 2023 #8

In a column by Susie Orman, that occurs because you have a lower cash limit because you paid off allegorical oracle Feb 2023 #14

Credit scores are just bullsh!t Trailrider1951 Feb 2023 #9

They are a giant wealth extraction scheme, just like the American for-profit healthcare system, etc. Celerity Feb 2023 #12

My credit rating bounces all over the place for no apparent reason. Midnight Writer Feb 2023 #10