• Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    Sorry, I’m not sure how to answer “how is measuring your credit worthiness based on your income a good way to determine how much to lend you.” I would think it’s pretty obvious that your capacity to repay a loan is dependent on your current income, not how many loans and credit cards you’ve had active in the past.

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      6 months ago

      1 in 4 households earning over $100,000 a year live paycheck to paycheck–not because they can’t make ends meet, but because their money management sucks. A high income has very little relationship with responsible borrowing, despite what many would assume.

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        6 months ago

        If you stop paying your car or home loan it gets repossessed, people with bad money management still have incentives to pay those on time.