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 Credit Cards Loan Sharks in business suits Lending money is a practice as old as bible times. The Jews were prohibited from loaning other Jews money at interest. The Jews developed a reputation as money lenders to Christians in Medieval times at harmful interest levels that were called usury. Christians also were prohibited from exploiting other Christians. Times change and today 30% per year is a typical rate of interest available on credit cards. Many states had laws against usury which had been defined as 10% until a few decades ago. The usurer has an advantage in that people will misjudge their ability to pay back as quickly as they anticipate. As a result, people can bring on themselves a crushing debt comparable in some ways to slavery. Historically, indentured servitude was a type of slavery for hire. However, there was an expectation that the debt would eventually be paid off.  |
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