I have good credit and pay my bills on time, every time. - Bank of America informed me that due to "risk review" (yeah, right) they will be DOUBLING the interest rate on my credit card. Of course I can "opt-out" but if I use the card, all current and future charges will be subject to the new, DOUBLED interest rate. AMEX, Citi, and all the other credit card issues are doing these same things to their customers.
How can these banks get away with this? How does the Government expect the economy to recover if the all-important consumers keep getting shafted by the banks. Many of us will never be able to completely pay off these cards. These banks by the way are keeping the bailout funds provided by the gov't and they are spending billions at the same time to acquire other banks. Something is clearly wrong here.