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Strategies & Market Trends : The Epic American Credit and Bond Bubble Laboratory -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mishedlo who wrote (30026)	4/4/2005 4:22:21 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

Think of all of the illegal immigrants who do not qualify for a credit card and the newly bankrupt who either don't qualify or, having been recently chastened, prefer not to use credit cards. The ready availability of bank account Check cards, which work like a Visa card, are adequate substitutes. > > > Given this I find it easy to believe that those who don't use credit cards has risen from 30% to 33% in the past two years. To see how upside-down everything is, just look to the many illegals who have qualified for home loans, but still do not qualify for credit cards. .