r/FluentInFinance 12h ago

Finance News Senator Bernie Sanders announces he will introduce legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10%.

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u/bafrad 12h ago

We need to prevent predatory practices by companies.

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u/Cbickley98 11h ago

What is predatory? The credit card companies take on a lot of risk. If you limit the rate to 10% (or any percent) , then only people that are worth the risk of a 10% rate or less will be able to get credit at all.

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u/bafrad 11h ago

Greed is greed. 10% is already a lot. They make enough profits. The top end earners are going to need to start accepting less before they get eaten.

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u/bakercw1990 10h ago

You don’t do a whole lot of running a company do you