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the Voice of
The Communist League of Revolutionary Workers–Internationalist

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— Karl Marx

I Owe My Soul to Bank of America...

May 30, 2011

Late one day on a credit card bill? It’s going to cost a lot more than that $35 late fee. As of June 25, Bank of America will resume a penalty interest rate of 29.99% on future purchases.

This means you will owe a third more on your purchases. If you owe $4,000 on a credit card with a 15% interest rate and made only the minimum payment each month, it would take you 22 years plus $5,580 in interest to pay off that balance.

At 30%, the Fed says you would never pay it off if you made only the minimum payments!

It seems the new credit card act protects consumers from snakes, spiders, bumblebees – everything but usurious banks!