Credit Card Industry: S.C.R.E.W. U.

In response to recent reform, the credit card industry has launched the Safe Credit Revision Everyone Wins Undertaking. Aka S.C.R.E.W. U.

Oct 29, 2009

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Mark Fiore is an editorial cartoonist and animator whose work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Examiner, and dozens of other publications. He is an active member of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists, and has a web site featuring his work.


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So accurate - especially the

So accurate - especially the part about punishing those who pay on time and those who don't use their cards. The credit card industry will lose in the end when we all stop paying - you only need good credit score to get credit.....so big threat to ruin it. Not. They ruined my score by lowering my limits and then saying they had to raise my interest because I "rapidly" spent to my limit. Jerks - I hope they all become jobless.

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It strikes me the stakes are

It strikes me the stakes are high enough (big benefits, big risks) in this for you to seek professional help with the card agreement and your mortgage agreement in hand -- probably from both a financial advisor and a lawyer. Cover Your Ass is the new Greed is Good.

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