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"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

Ideally, credit cards are paid in full every month. And the
loan is paid off early. That takes a lot of discipline, and
self control. Something the American public is slow to
learn.

Interest is what keeps the credit card companies paid. That,
and also fees and penalties.


I keep waiting for one my lesser used back up cards to tell me they
are going to charge fees. So far, they haven't.

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protection of property, and the occasional
precautionary beheading of a member of the ruling class."
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