Draggingtree Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Mises Institute Bernie and Ocasio-Cortez Declare War on the Poor With Anti-Credit-Card Law 05/09/2019Ryan McMaken Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unveiled sweeping new legislation on Thursday that would impose a federal cap of 15% on credit-card interest rates. The bill would also allow state governments to set interest-rate ceilings even lower than the federal mandate. Naturally, Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are framing the bill as something designed to help "ordinary people." But in reality, the legislation will only act as to reduce access to credit for low-income and other high-risk borrowers. Credit card companies don't attach high interest rates to credit cards because they are mean and cruel. Credit cards with especially high interest are that way because the borrowers have been determined to be an especially high credit risk. Credit card companies want people to borrow money from them, so if they can make loans at lower rates, they will, in order to undercut the competition. But these companies also must make sure they're likely to cover their costs. Thus, the high interest rate exists to ensure the lender can make consumer loans while still accounting for the high risk of default by borrowers based on a risk profile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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