Re:Anatomy of a credit card rewards program
by dheera on Thursday April 04, 2024 @11:19AM
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The cost of running the credit card company plus rewards is a lot more than that 3%. Money is fungible. So your rewards comes 85% from interest payments in the case of Capital One or 71% in the case of Chase.
> Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation.
While this is true my idea was more of a wide scale protest or behavioral art to make people aware of how bad the credit card system is for the poor. I know it isn't going to solve poverty but it might raise awareness about something not everyone knows about.
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> Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation.
While this is true my idea was more of a wide scale protest or behavioral art to make people aware of how bad the credit card system is for the poor. I know it isn't going to solve poverty but it might raise awareness about something not everyone knows about.