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This would have to be mandated by law because the
credit
card companies won't do this themselves.
Slogans like "Debt Is Slavery" or "While You Get Poorer,
You're Making The Rich Richer", and graphic
representations like a picture of a person in bondage,
stooped back carrying a cigar chomping
Monopoly man
on
his back, the top hat wearing bad guy laughing and
holding
a bag of money up over his head. (The bag of money
signified by a dollar sign on the side of course.)
Got the idea by the credit card in my wallet that I try to
never use that's called the Chase "Freedom" card.
Credit is necessary sometimes, started my first business
with a stack of credit cards, but it can, and does ruin
lives.
Although government doesn't hold as many solutions to
life's problems as the politicians would lead you to
believe,
the cigarette cancer pictures and this are one area
where
a harmless little reminder law could be a good thing.
You could have each message punctuated by a skull and
crossbones logo where the eyes are money signs and the
bones are skull arms holding money bags labeled
"CREDIT". Give it a top-hat too that says. "28%".
Trump Toilet Brush
https://www.newfrog...h=296cdd5559bee0941
Yours for just USD$ 3.99 ! And There Was Much Rejoicing ... [8th of 7, Mar 26 2019]
Stuff like this:
https://www.google....st=1553951330164688
[doctorremulac3, Mar 29 2019]
[link]
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A picture of Trump would ensure that only total idiots would ever choose to reveal that they were carrying this particular card. |
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Would you buy an alarm clock shaped like Trump's head that
wakes you up with a Trumpism at a preset time? It could be
silenced by punching it in the face so you'd start your day by
violently attacking a Trump doll immediately upon waking. |
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Wonder if those would sell. Trump-hate is big business.
Maybe I'm missing an opportunity here. |
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Could there be a corresponding Election Registration Card With Graphic Warnings About Debt ? That would seem highly appropriate ... |
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Yes, that's great, but all candidates would have to do is send
out stickers to put on the cards that say "...UNLESS YOU
WANT FREE STUFF!" |
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I have a Trump head toilet brush. Marketing products depicting low life scum is big business. |
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Companies engaged in consumer facing lending / credit activities are in the UK required by the Financial Conduct Authority to provide information and warnings about lending. I'd be surprised if there wasn't a similar set of requirements for the same sort of activities in the US. |
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OH yea, we've got the fine print disclaimers at the end of
ads showing young people having a great time on credit. Not
saying that using credit makes you beautiful and happy, but
just look at these hip fun havin' travelers! |
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Same thing they used to have with cigarettes, fine print
nobody reads. |
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// Marketing products depicting low life scum is big business.// |
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<Googles for "Jeremy Corbyn arse-scratcher" /> |
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// provide information and warnings about lending // |
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"If you borrow money today, you will have to pay back a lot more than you borrowed in the future" ? |
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Do governments ever read warnings like that ? Ever? |
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No, but since the more appropriate warning on
government spending would be the one below, I don't
think it would do much good: |
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"Warning, running up tax payer debt for something that
garners you acclaim that won't have to be paid for till
after you retire from office a multi millionaire can lead to
prestige, personal wealth and millions of sycophantic
followers." |
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//Googles for "Jeremy Corbyn arse-scratcher"// I
carry around a yellow rubber kitchen cleaning
glove, in the unlikely event that I would ever be
presented with Corbyn's hand to shake. For Trump I
would want chain-mail over that glove for double
protection against contamination . |
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I've got an idea for a game. |
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"I have a Trump head toilet brush. Marketing products
depicting low life scum is big business." |
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[Xenzy], I'm not a jealous woman, but that made me turn
green with envy. Me wants. |
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// I'm not a jealous woman // |
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We never knew there was any other sort .... |
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Try googling "Newfrog" or "Tmart". They do all sorts of gross,, trashy stuff at knockdown prices. We were fascinated by the "poo fishing" game they had on offer a few months back. Not that we wanted one; more that someone had designed the game, manufactured it, and distributed it for public sale ... |
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Glad to see we're getting some well thought out input
into the issue of the evils of debt. |
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Should credit card companies be forced to post warnings
about their product on their cards? "Orange man bad.". |
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Should clean power sources like nuclear and hydro be put
into the budget to reduce pollution? "Orange man bad.". |
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Should we try to NOT go to war with Russia and North
Korea, even if that means being diplomatic and pragmatic
with horrible
dictators? "Orange man
bad.". |
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Should careful consideration be given to the risk reward
ratio of enacting laws that curtail free speech? "Orange
man bad.". |
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OK, I think we've made a lot of progress here today. |
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I would think a drinking game taking a shot everytime
[xenzag] takes
Trump's name in vain would work pretty well. I'm going to
check it out over the next few days and report hiccup
results |
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Yikes! Not sure my liver could survive that. |
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Make sure you have a designated driver. I'd hate to lose even
a single halfbaker to drinking game related accidents. |
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// drinking game taking a shot everytime [xenzag] takes Trump's name in vain // |
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All good as far as it goes, but is there no way actual shooting (with live ammunition) can be incorporated? |
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<Instructs broker to buy brewery and distillery stock/> |
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// This would have to be mandated by law because the credit card companies won't do this themselves. // |
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Have you heard that Apple just the other day launched a credit card (made of titanium) intended to "help people lead healthier financial lives"? (No, I didn't believe it at first either.) It doesn't do this, but it does do other stuff like help you pay off your credit card debt with minimal interest (i.e. the opposite of what every other credit card provider does). It's only available to iPhone users in the US currently, so it's not going to directly help most people, but I'm hoping it will put pressure on other companies to provide similar things that will help more people. |
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Well that might be a step in the right direction but people
shouldn't get in debt for anything other than a house if at
all possible in my opinion. |
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Addiction to anything be it a substance or a financially
un-tenable lifestyle is a bad thing. Heroin, donuts, donuts
with heroin in them... |
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Addictions are a bad thing. Unless it's coffee. Coffee is
good. |
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I am unable to find a flaw in this idea. |
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Sadly, that tells us more about your capability for critical thinking than the quality of the concept ... |
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Where would these warnings appear? On the little you-pay-
this-much screen at checkout, on your statement or perhaps
on the card itself? |
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I was just thinking of having something
prominantely printed on the card itself but that's a
good idea. All three. There would be no such warning on
your ATM card
of course, and at some point there might be a bit
of embarrasment that goes along with buying
somethign on credit. |
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Art idea 3: A cigar chomping, top hat wearing pig
clutching two bags marked "Your Hard Earned
Money". Not sure how you clutch stuff with hooves
though. Too bad rich people don't wear top hats any
more.
They dress casually to fit in, sneaky bastards. But
seriously, rich people who made their own
fortunes are awesome, I'm just capping on the
autocratic money/political class that makes its
living saddling people with debt. |
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Don't have anything against top hats either. They're
actually kind of cool. I also like pigs. |
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// Where would these warnings appear? // |
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Maybe the baliffs could read them out to you when they csll to take your stuff away? |
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