I will agree that a credit card only really made any sense as I began to finally gain more financial independence. Before then, it was pointless.
The claim is that they are giving you a portion of the merchant fee for utilizing said credit cards.
I’m sure they also make money by selling all your info.
Completely agree. Good Burger King can’t be beat.
First you need approval and a Jira ticket. Then they’re gonna approve you for a pigeon at best.
Please don’t give Hideo Kojima any ideas.
Can the bird sing the epstein files though?
Ooh, and then Sony can tell the studio that makes it that they’re being shut down the week after launch…again
Those are interests. I wouldn’t call it hype.
Then you go to the east coast and they claim Five Guys is the better In-n-out and holy shit it is definitely not. Even more overpriced and not even as good as a burger king. Sheesh.
Tons of cards have zero fees. Some offer rewards and benefits at no real cost. I have for nearly a decade used a card with 1% back on purchases and 1% back on payments. Running all my usual spending through that and then just paying it off has net me a lot of money in that time that I just use for statement credit.
It’s easy to dispute charges should I ever need to. Rare since I’m cautious anyways, but the extra layer before my actual bank account is nice.
It has also built up a hell of a credit rating for me as well.
It’s not about the money. It’s about status and control.
Current social security taxes go straight to current social security stuff. Its a paygo system. It used to be something like 15 wage earners per current social security recipient, but as of when I last read up on it, that was down to 3 to 1 and continuing to slide towards the red.
The first social security recipient paid in like $15 before retiring and then collected like $20k or something before dying.
The bottom half of US wage-earners pay net zero in federal income taxes. The top 10% pay the obscene majority of it.
What I mean is it’s a safe bet that any random person whining about their federal tax dollars doesn’t actually pay much in, if any.
Anecdote disproves unsubstantiated opinion.
Science!
Don´t you wish for (young) people to develop good values…
Sounds like a fucking dog whistle for sure. Get off lemmy.
I love being out of the loop.
Kung Fury
Wasn’t hexbear one of those shitty servers I blocked? Isn’t it full of assholes?
Ugh, forgot I had to move off lemm.ee or whatever I originally signed up to recently and lost everything.
Is gutting the federal government working yet? Is the swamp drained? Is the winning complete? Are my bigoted piece of shit nazi flag flying neighbors satisfied yet?
That’s some bullshit people love to parrot. Its meaningless.
That’s what I do. 2% card with zero fees and no debt on it. Run every possible expense through it monthly and just pay it off.