Obama’s Credit Plan

File this under “duh.”
The San Francisco Examiner is shining a spotlight this morning on something I think everyone already knew. That credit card companies are finding new ways to skirt new laws.
The latest hijinks? Creating imaginative new fees designed to recapture some of their lost income.
In particular, beware of big-discount rebate offers that [...]

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Forget the mortgage, pay off the credit card.
That seems to be the message Americans are getting from their elected officials as a new study conducted by BillShrink.com finds that 59 percent of Americans are paying off their credit card balances in full every month. That’s an increase of 13 percent from the previous year.
At the [...]

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