Obama v Wall Street

“They’re not accustomed to being engaged in politics this way,” says a private-equity investor. “Their skin isn’t toughened. They actually take [the attacks by Obama] personally. This is a profession with a lot of smart people, but who aren’t necessarily terribly introspective. They think they actually deserve to make all this money. So any attack on their livelihood is, ahem, unpleasant.”

Obama Is From Mars, Wall Street Is From Venus

Denied!

So after using up my free miles bonus on my Capital One credit card, I’m in the market for a new card. I did my research, and found that the best deal would be a Citi card that offers some decent cash-back bonuses (averaging out to nearly 2% per year, if I played it right).

I applied online yesterday, and today, got the following message in my inbox:

We regret we are unable to approve an account for you at this time because of the following:

Your credit bureau report shows you have no revolving
accounts with a balance.

In other words, you’re a responsible consumer who always pays his cards off on time. We can’t make any money off people like you, so we’re not giving you a card!

What a load of crap.