December 24, 2007 / New York TIMES
Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Americans are falling behind on their credit
card payments at an alarming rate, sending delinquencies and defaults
surging by double-digit percentages in the last year and
Jim Devine wrote:
December 24, 2007 / New York TIMES
Unpaid Credit Cards Bedevil Americans
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
How do you think they paid on their subprime mortgages?
With subprime credit cards, based on subprime jobs whose lifespan IS NOT
equal to the 30 or 15 year timeframe involved,
We have a friend that has, by our rough estimates, something like $150,000 in
credit
card debt on a VERY modest income. Her husband is clueless continues to
spend,
while she juggles innumerable credit cards. Since she has not defaulted yet, in
vultures send her more cards each month.
Many of
Michael Perelman wrote:
We have a friend that has, by our rough estimates, something like $150,000 in
credit
card debt on a VERY modest income. Her husband is clueless continues to
spend,
while she juggles innumerable credit cards. Since she has not defaulted yet, in
vultures send her more
Louis Proyect wrote:
Speaking of credit cards, something really puzzles and pisses me off at
the same time. Like you, I get spam all the time for Canadian pharmacies
selling Vicodin, etc. All of them allow you to use Visa, Mastercard and
sometimes American Express. Why these credit card
Jim Devine wrote:
Louis Proyect wrote:
Speaking of credit cards, something really puzzles and pisses me off at
the same time. Like you, I get spam all the time for Canadian pharmacies
selling Vicodin, etc. All of them allow you to use Visa, Mastercard and
sometimes American Express. Why
I'm not sure what Lou considers the stink to be -- is the assumption
that (e.g.) the advertised Vicodin is not Vicodin, etc?
Carrol
Vicodin is an extremely powerful drug. I know because I took it briefly
after I had a wisdom tooth extracted. It should only be taken through
medical
