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Comment by dheera

2 years ago

The cost of running the credit card company plus rewards is a lot more than that 3%. Money is fungible. So your rewards comes 85% from interest payments in the case of Capital One or 71% in the case of Chase.

https://www.valuepenguin.com/how-do-credit-card-companies-ma...

> Rich people can donate to poor people regardless of the credit card situation.

While this is true my idea was more of a wide scale protest or behavioral art to make people aware of how bad the credit card system is for the poor. I know it isn't going to solve poverty but it might raise awareness about something not everyone knows about.