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Americans "have become saddled" with credit card debt? Excuse me being a lecturing boomer, but that makes it sound like credit cards attacked them and forced them to have more debt. Americans make a choice to use credit cards and go into debt, and that is how credit card companies make their money but - you aren't forced to become "saddled" with them. It's your own bad habits that make you go into debt.
While I'm on my soapbox (and opening myself up for nasty retaliatory responses), I was in a game store not long ago to trade some games in, and there were several young guys in front of me. Each one wearing tattered clothes and looking like they hadn't eaten in weeks. All of them buying new PS5s on their credit cards.
I'm not saying it's not okay to indulge, and I'm not saying I know these people's life stories. Maybe they can easily afford the payments and won't get behind - but it's a hard lesson to learn, to go into debt without the ability to keep up and pay it back. You young credit card considereres - beware. It's a trap to think you will somehow magically be able to pay these debts off, and it can ruin your credit history for good.
You need to establish credit in order to participate in the society that we created. You can't rent an apartment, get a house, get a vehicle, etc, without credit history.
True, but the point is establishing responsible credit history. If you’re not spending within your means, it’s time to make adjustments. It’s not to say that things don’t come up, especially now that medical costs are one of the primary reasons for going into debt, but it’s certainly possible to live on the poverty line without going into debt.