Money How did this country end up in the crapper? (Interest rates)

JD10367 · 02-06-2011, 09:12 AM

Not intending this to be a political discussion bound for the Shithole, so I'm not going to speak of either political party (although I'm sure it will come to that soon enough, and be whisked away to that section of the site).

A few years back--not 30, or 25 years, even, I'm talking maybe 5--we used to put some of our savings into CDs. A thousand here, two thousand there. The rates were around 5-6%.

Then, only a few years later--maybe 2 or 3 years back--the rates dropped drastically, to 2.5-3%. I decided it wasn't worth tying up the money, so I just put it in a savings account.

Well, today, I decided to check on CD rates for shits and giggles, because my wife had a fun day at the casino and won $1000. What do I find? CD rates of 0.25-0.75%. But wait! If you're a member of the bank, you get a whopping 1%!! And that was on a 3-year CD! Gee, let me run to lock up my thousand bucks for THREE YEARS just so I can earn a whopping TEN BUCKS!

What the **** has happened to this country? No wonder people don't save money! Why bother? You save money, by the time you save it the inflation rate has actually made it worth less than when you put it in there! Remember the days of being a kid, 30 or 40 years ago, when you'd get your little "passbook savings" account and get, say, 16% interest on your money?

So we have banks giving us no money back on our investment with them, so they don't have any of our money, so to make money they charge us 18% (or even more) on our credit cards. We're not saving any money, and we're paying exorbitant interest rates.

This country is so ****ed.

02-06-2011, 09:12 AM	Topic Starter
JD10367 Cheaterlover* Join Date: May 2009 Location: RI Casino cash: $10010716	How did this country end up in the crapper? (Interest rates) Not intending this to be a political discussion bound for the Shithole, so I'm not going to speak of either political party (although I'm sure it will come to that soon enough, and be whisked away to that section of the site). A few years back--not 30, or 25 years, even, I'm talking maybe 5--we used to put some of our savings into CDs. A thousand here, two thousand there. The rates were around 5-6%. Then, only a few years later--maybe 2 or 3 years back--the rates dropped drastically, to 2.5-3%. I decided it wasn't worth tying up the money, so I just put it in a savings account. Well, today, I decided to check on CD rates for shits and giggles, because my wife had a fun day at the casino and won $1000. What do I find? CD rates of 0.25-0.75%. But wait! If you're a member of the bank, you get a whopping 1%!! And that was on a 3-year CD! Gee, let me run to lock up my thousand bucks for THREE YEARS just so I can earn a whopping TEN BUCKS! What the ** has happened to this country? No wonder people don't save money! Why bother? You save money, by the time you save it the inflation rate has actually made it worth less than when you put it in there! Remember the days of being a kid, 30 or 40 years ago, when you'd get your little "passbook savings" account and get, say, 16% interest on your money? So we have banks giving us no money back on our investment with them, so they don't have any of our money, so to make money they charge us 18% (or even more) on our credit cards. We're not saving any money, and we're paying exorbitant interest rates. This country is so **ed.
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