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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (8 children)

Capping credit card fees? At what, 25%?

35% APR, compounded DAILY?

What fees are we talking about? They're already cash-it-here high. It's there something worse than that? Is the president making their interest remain at a reasonable amount above prime?

Now THAT WOULD be a cap worth bragging about.

PS: How about cash-it-here, and title-loan, and buy-here-pay-here, and instant-refund tax preparers, and accident attorneys, and bail bonds, and pawn shops, and rent-a-centers, and dollar tree/dollar general, and all the other predatory bad-financial-decision institutions we allow to thrive in poverty-stricken areas?

We know what we're doing, and we just let that shit happen. Fuck us, we deserve whatever comes.

[–] FreddyDunningKruger@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Oh look at you, the brains of the operation here. Do you know what the Republicans would have capped it at? NOTHING AT ALL. Do you know why the Democrats can't deliver the perfect policies you demand? Because they have to fight against the other side tooth and nail to get anything through at all. Do you think the Republicans would be forgiving student loan debt right now? News flash: hell no. Do you have complaints about the way loans are being forgiven, oh of that I have no doubt. Do you know why you have those complaints? Because the Republicans are always chipping away and fighting against at every good thing that happens.

You'd be that spoiled brat whose single mother comes home after working her ass off all day, and throws a fit because she made potato soup again when you wanted hamburgers, wouldn't you?

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 4 months ago

Thanks for the tongue lashing, but I'm reacting to something. This shitty list and big downvote party.

This was posted like a kid's picture stuck on the fridge, and we're supposed to all admire it. Fuck that. Don't take me to a Dodge and tell me it's a Mercedes.

He's not Trump. That's the line. Nobody is moved by this post. It's desperate. It's pleading. And ultimately, it actually works AGAINST Biden's reelection. Because it's like telling a girl who's rejecting you all the reasons she should love you.

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