Freepers are about to lose it over Bank of America giving credit cards

[proud2BlibKansan]

to undocumented immigrants. Saw it on Faux Snooze and the freeper boards are exploding over this today.

Seems to me that Bank of America is a business and as long as they are obeying the law, they can give a credit card to anyone they want.

Also I doubt US citizens are the only people who have credit cards. If an undocumented immigrant is apprehended by ICE, and they have a credit card in their wallet, should they have to prove they were not in the US when they got the credit card??

I am not a banker, so help me out here, but do banks ask for citizenship info before processing credit card applications? Should they? I mean, as long as the person holding the credit card pays the bill, why should the bank care where they live or if they are a US citizen?

I know we have had some heated immigration discussions here, but this just strikes me as a pretty silly thing to complain about.

[blueinindiana]

1. I just tell them thats the free market you so cherish NT

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. That's what I told them too

They are really imploding over this. They are calling for a boycott of Bank of America.

[blueinindiana]

5. Well tell them good luck BofA could care less if they boycott!

BofA is just like alomst every other company in the USA and the world for that matter. All they care about is extracting as much money out of people whomever they are as possbile.

money is money no matter how you get it.

Thats the GOP way!

[Little Wing]

2. I wonder when they'll give one to me

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. I don't have any credit cards

and I really don't get the outrage over this.

[Little Wing]

18. I'm not losing sleep over it, but one would be nice for emergencies

and renting a car

[proud2BlibKansan]

20. You can use a debit card now to rent a car

I just rented one.

[Little Wing]

22. Oh, it's been about 8 years since I've rented one

It's about time they changed that rule, travelling was a big PITA

[keepCAblue]

6. Apply for a credit card, get a knock on the door from INS?

Seems like an awfully convenient way of collecting data on illegal immigrants. I wouldn't trust BofA, a big Rethuglican contributor, if I were an illegal...

[AlCzervik]

13. honestly BOFA is in it for the money, i really doubt they have any interest

to be calling ins or helping with a sweep.

[LostInAnomie]

7. Free market's a bitch ain't it?

How's that invisible hand treating you now, freepers?

[dsc]

8. They don't have social security numbers nor banking histories

and those are big no nos for credit card companies.

[proud2BlibKansan]

9. So I wonder how they are getting credit?

[dsc]

24. They are secured cards at a high rate of interest

[ThoughtCriminal]

10. They prefer to keep things cash under the table - nt

[SoCalDem]

11. The cards have a $500 limit and REQUIRE a $500 deposit

The users are just using a plastic check :)

[AlCzervik]

14. can't anybody already do that? A pre paid Visa or Mastercard?

[SoCalDem]

15. Yep.. it's a non-issue..like most things that repubes get all lathered up about

[AlCzervik]

16. oh lordy, another issue for the dept. of righteous indignation.

[XanaDUer]

27. Lol!

:rofl:

[proud2BlibKansan]

21. LOL

[michreject]

28. Not to sound snarky

Because I'm really not, and this is not intended that way Do you have a link describbing these terms. I would love to read them.

What I read is that all that was needed as ID was a tax payer ID number, not a SS#.

[proud2BlibKansan]

29. If they aren't a US citizen, they probably don't have a SS number

But if they have a tax payer ID number, they probably pay taxes, true?

So tax payers are getting plastic cards from BoA after making a cash deposit. And they can't spend more than they deposited.

I honestly don't understand the righteous indignation over this.

[SoCalDem]

31. I heard the guy from BofA describing them on CNN

He said these were intended as an "entry" into banking. Lots of these people are afraid of filling out all the paperwork necessary for a bank account, and with these cards it's "like" a bank account, since it's their own money being "borrowed"...and it helps them establish credit that they might not have otherwise been able to have , since they had no banking history.

[Cheap_Trick]

12. they're not happy

unless they have something to bitch about. fucking crybabies

[lligrd]

17. They're Just Upset Cause BOA Is Too Smart To Give Them

any credit.

[lectrobyte]

19. I like this move by BoA

http://www.dailytech.com/Bank+of+America+Offers+Employees+3000+Reimbursment+For+Buying+a+Hybrid/article6095c.htm

Charlotte, NC-based Bank of America (BoA) is encouraging the use of more fuel efficient vehicles by its employees. BoA employees who purchase a new hybrid vehicle will now be eligible for a $3,000 reimbursement from the company.

The program was first started in mid-2006 for 21,000 employees living in and around banking centers in Boston, Charlotte and Los Angeles. The program has now been opened up to BoA's entire US workforce of over 185,000 employees.

[MedleyMisty]

30. I live in Charlotte

And I do see a good number of the Prius cars around. I guess that could be part of it.

[treestar]

23. Freepers with their capitalism have no right to complain about that!

This is one things that stops freepers in their tracks and proves them racist.

If you follow their logic, a US citizen has the right to hire whomever they please and do business with whomever they please.

I have asked countless freepers why their version of capitalism does not allow me to hire whoever I want to hire who is willing to work for me. They NEVER answer. They can't.

[yurbud]

25. if freepers were smart, they'd realize BofA is screwing immigrants same as them

they would be doing immigrants a favor if they didn't give them cards--like Tony Soprano keeping you out of the poker game.

[NMMNG]

26. BOA is making a crapload of money.

The Freepers should be thrilled.