According to a commercial that I have seen, at least once every time I turn the TV on, it looks like a good, normal life to use credit lines. In just sixty seconds, this commercial portrays the life of a couple. They meet, they get married, they have babies, they are middle aged, and finally they are senior citizens and grandparents. All along, it shows flashes of the different credit cards, that go along with the themes of the various stages of this couples life. They have a great, healthy life, using credit cards in sixty seconds. At the end of the commercial, the voice over says We offer over NINE HUNDRED credit lines for your needs or something like that.
Nine hundred credit lines available from one bank. WOW! What does this commercial paint? What does it do to our acceptance as a whole society for using credit lines to pay for our lives? It makes it look normal and healthy. These people are successful, relying on credit through the various stages of their life.
There should be a commercial that shows them opening the bills. It would show their stress with more bills on items, they charged, after one of them loses their job. The added medical bills when the...