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2 in 5 U.S. credit card holders have topped out their spending limit, report finds
(www.cbsnews.com)
this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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Credit cards in the US are extremely easy to get and easy to fall into inescapable debt with. I went to a hardware store and signed up for one so I could get 0% financing on some appliances over a year. I asked for like a $2k card. I told them I made $30k a year and they gave me a card with a limit of $8k about 2 minutes later. Now my finances were never even checked, just my credit score. I could have easily lied and said I made way more to get a higher limit, because I actually did lie and said I make less so they wouldn't give me such a high credit limit. It would be very easy for me to get a higher credit than I have income I think.