• krisevol@lemmus.org
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    9 days ago

    We have been going on this line for 40 years. Credit cards used to be rare you limits were low. Houses were bought on 10-15 ye loans. Car loans were 3 yrs. College loans were crazy hard to get.

    That isn’t a new thing, America is addicted to debt, and has been for a few decades.

    • ellieficent@reddthat.com
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      9 days ago

      My parents had a house with a 30 year loan in the 80’s… at 16%. That said, it was also only like $25k.

      Credit cards in the 90’s had low limits but people would just get a bunch of them. I remember hearing the average person had 14.1 cards in the late 90’s.

      This has been going on forever. I feel like it’s an integral part of American society since at least the 50’s. Deregulation has increased the speed, the disconnect between wage growth and inflation/buying power, etc.

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
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        9 days ago

        The 80s spike in interest was due to feds trying to reign in inflation. My parents had to renew their 7% mortgage at 21%. Crazy times.