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melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

There is no debtor’s prison in the usa. Charge everything you can, especially if you are poor. Let the chips fall where they may. With any luck the government will bail out the citizens like they do for the airlines, car companies and banks. /s

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LePoisson@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
No debtors prison but there is a credit score. And that shit is the gateway to paying less for everything when you’re borrowing money. Especially for a mortgage on a house so you actually have equity in the property you’re living in.

Wrecking your credit score basically gate keeps you from a lot of stuff sadly.

I mean, I know you said /s but just saying fucking up your credit can screw you hard in the hyper capitalist hellscape we live in.

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- tym@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  My 800+ credit score didn’t get me a better interest rate on my mortgage… that’s a game for corporations, multi-millionaires and above.
  
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TronBronson@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Technically if you took out a bunch of bad loans the government would be bailing out the banks. Like 2008. Let’s ride!

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