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   From: proto@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
    Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy  wrote:   
      
   > Which tells you why they're advertising to get consumers to use the   
   > credit cards, which costs them nothing extra (unless they foolishly   
   > carry a balance).   
      
   Oh, they intend to get the customers to run a balance and getting to   
   use credit cards is just greasing the skids.   
      
   --   
   Gambling with Other People's Money is the meth of the fiscal industry.   
    me -- in the spirit of Karl and Groucho Marx   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)