Comments on: Citibank, Others to Forgive $50 Million in Credit Card Debt to Poor Consumers

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:09:53 +0000

Is this retroactive? I used to be poor and owed Citibank money. But oh geez, I worked hard and bettered myself and paid off what I owed them.

Silly me…I should have known better. If I’d just hung in there eleven more years…

By: Intermittent Stream

Intermittent Stream — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 19:41:31 +0000

On Debt Relief
So the G7 has embraced the proposal to cancel all foreign debt owed to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund by a select group of 18 mostly African nations. The amount totals some 40 billion dollars immediately, $50…

By: Preston Taylor Holmes

Preston Taylor Holmes — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:20:41 +0000

You may be a poor student now, but you’ll eventually be one of those evil rich doctors who got rich off the backs of the poor.

By: Decision '08

Decision '08 — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 18:04:41 +0000

The Copenhagen Consensus: Throwing Good Money…
The poor, underdeveloped nations of the world present a puzzle for those of us with a conservative bent: how can we balance our desire to spread democratic, free-market principles with our humanitarian instincts to ease suffering of people living on …

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 15:12:26 +0000

Awesome!! Trip to the Caribbean (NOT Aruba), new car, boat, house…I can’t wait!

“But, I’m a POOR student!” (the previous statement is not untrue)

By: The Mayor

The Mayor — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 04:04:28 +0000

You can never satisfy the beast.

Cancelling Ethiopias debt was the best idea, seeing how they treat Christians so well there. What a freakin’ joke.

Blood money does no good.

By: canuck

canuck — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 03:00:58 +0000

all right! i’m SO using my credit card this weekend……

oh, wait. you were just making a point. dammit!

By: Conservative Thinking

Conservative Thinking — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 01:55:38 +0000

Citibank, Others to Forgive $50 Million in Credit Card Debt to Poor Consumers Citibank, in conjunction with American Express, Bank One and Discover, has agreed to forgive $50 million in credit card debt to poor American consumers who can no longer afford the minimum payments on their credit card bills. Vice President of...