Any sympathy for those who have no alternative but to use their credit cards

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Any sympathy for those who have no alternative but to use their credit cards

z — 5/20/2009 11:47:23 AM (archived)

to pay for medical bills, when a serious illness occurs and they don't have medical insurance?

Or is the standard Republican response that they should have simply managed their lives and their money better?

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Credit card "reform" - TB - 5/19/2009 5:21:59 PM
- Why stop at credit cards? - ER - 5/21/2009 2:17:03 AM
  - Indeed - Robert - 5/22/2009 1:46:00 AM
    - Thanks for the corroborating information, from an insider perspective. - ER - 5/22/2009 2:48:43 PM
    - re: Indeed - TB - 5/22/2009 3:39:33 AM
      - Yep - corrupt to that core. "The core assumption seems to be that the private sector is corrupt- - -" - Bowser - 5/22/2009 5:01:02 AM
        
        re: Yep - corrupt to that core. "The core assumption seems to be that the private sector is corrupt- - -" - Robert - 5/22/2009 5:24:00 AM
      - Have you ever heard of 'checks and balances'? - Robert - 5/22/2009 4:44:13 AM
        
        'checks and balances' - TB - 5/22/2009 2:34:31 PM
- Collusion, price fixing by CC companies? - Buck Galaxy - 5/20/2009 3:28:44 PM
- Any sympathy for those who have no alternative but to use their credit cards - z - 5/20/2009 11:47:23 AM
  - How is that relevant? - TB - 5/20/2009 6:40:10 PM
    - Let me know when you "get it" (n/t) - Lindy - 5/20/2009 11:05:22 PM
      - re: Let me know when you "get it" - TB - 5/20/2009 11:19:22 PM
        
        Now I get it. - ER - 5/21/2009 1:11:36 AM
        
        Okay. - TB - 5/21/2009 3:37:11 AM
        
        Changing the subject again? (n/t) - ER - 5/21/2009 10:22:05 AM
        
        No, I was making a point - TB - 5/21/2009 4:44:13 PM
        
        So was I. - ER - 5/21/2009 5:14:26 PM
        
        re: So was I. - TB - 5/21/2009 5:42:18 PM
        
        No. - ER - 5/21/2009 5:54:46 PM
        
        re: No. - TB - 5/21/2009 6:27:07 PM
        
        This is getting really tiresome. - ER - 5/21/2009 7:36:50 PM
- So the banks are gonna pout? - Bowser - 5/20/2009 4:28:30 AM
  - And let's not forget the merchants, - ER - 5/20/2009 2:51:49 PM
- Gun rights bill attached - RobVG - 5/19/2009 8:26:36 PM
- Oh yeah, that's terrible. - RobVG - 5/19/2009 6:34:18 PM
- I don't understand why... - ER - 5/19/2009 6:32:56 PM
  - Who, the competent? (n/t) - TB - 5/19/2009 8:18:58 PM
    - No, the usurers (n/t) - ER - 5/19/2009 8:37:45 PM
      - Maybe I wasn't clear. - TB - 5/19/2009 8:50:58 PM
        
        I like my credit cards too. - ER - 5/19/2009 10:24:36 PM

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