what the hell are all yall out there yelling about? taxes? really?
i get cranky at the world. but i don't get cranky about taxes.
taxes feel like investments, but opposite, i guess. taxes is money i earned that i never see, that i never sense in my bank account and that never feels like mine. i remember when someone told me they tithed their before-tax money and i was like, "before taxes? that money was never really mine, so i don't feel like i have to tithe on it...and also, how do i know my before taxes salary???"
naive, i know. but without a little self-imposed ignorance i'd never sleep. know what i'm sayin.
so when a few in my circle of influence got their flag on today and milled around city hall in protest of taxes... i opted for the pass. i hate taxes as much as the next guy, but i don't feel it every month. i don't feel the burden of my tax every 2 freakin weeks when i pay my bills. you know what pisses me off. every month. without fail. credit card interest. this vinny-the-loan-shark of corporate america. i'm talkin to you compass bank you degenerate whore.
once i had a $18 balance on my compass bank card. i paid it late, got a $39 late fee and because it was late, my interest rate went from 9.5% to 24%. 'cuse me? just break my kneecaps. thanks.
over the last three years i've needed a little extra income here and there and i've used my credit cards to fuel my need for all things luxurious and extravagant... like my electric bill last august. and the air conditioner i had to replace. and the pipes that leaked, staining the ceilings and ruining the carpets... that had to be replaced. and also going out to eat about a hundred times.
it's really not the debt itself that is the problem. had my interest rates remained constant, i would be way ahead of the game, having not used credit in the last year... (i had a 0% with MBNA before they sold to bank of america, who are filthy booger-eating mom-hating poo-heads. after the transition, my interest rate went to 14%. from zero to 14%. for no reason, this time. i hadn't even paid late.
seems like the more i pay, the less gets credited to my debts. what the fuck. i have two credit cards at 25%. twenty five percent!!! what the fuck people. that's like charging me $25 for every hundred dollars i owe.
this is bullshit. these credit card companies are making shit piles of money off of me and everybody else and it's time we stood up and said, i'm not going to pay you such high interest rates, it's just sinister.
suze orman can kiss my fica score. look, i have debt. the very last thing that is helpful to me is for YOU to make me feel like i'm dumbshit for having debt. it is what is, oprah. now someone lower these fucking interest rates. ...hey, hand me that foam finger. you got a map to city hall?
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Ah, now that is a breath of fresh air! You are so right. Hugs!
Astrid
I don't have credit cards but it's not cuz of that bitch with the unnaturally white teeth who doesn't know how to spell her own name. It's because I used them to supplement my income when I went back to school and they were all, "let us HELP YOU!" and I was all, "well I sure could use some help... Oh, all right" and they did help. They helped me to a very merry Christmas and a shiny new class ring and countless pairs of shoes and outfits and whatever else I wanted. But then they told me to bend over so I did, and I had no idea what was about to happen or I would have lubed myself up really good before I let them pull down my panties.
So then they were all, "yeah, that was fun, but now we're done with you, fuck off" and so here I am with no credit cards. Also a mountain of debt.
Taxes are the least of my problems.
I love my life.
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