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Do you believe it is ethical to earn ultra-high interest?
Xiao Yu 166575227-Apr-25
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  • joker77
    why not the banks are taking in millions every quarter
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    • Wayne Wilson
      4
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      • Grommie
        Earn was the word not charge
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        • Miriam R 782611
          4
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          • Denise C (Qld)
            Ignorant on this topic
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            • Teri 1282723
              Definitely not, it's exploitative, ... My first thought was of the Cash 'Til Pay Day places that charge extremely high interest on a short-term loan. Sometimes people - myself included, beyond any fault of our own - live paycheque to paycheque and then the car needs a repair or your vacuum breaks and they/we just need a little to get us through for a few more days. The high interest hurts those who can barely make ends meet.
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              • Grommie
                Earn was the question not charge
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              • Teri 1282723Grommie
                Oops; I was taking it from the lender's view.
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            • Meggie
              4
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              • Rosie 563501
                7pts Only if it's fully transparent and consensual
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                • Angie
                  Absofuckinglutely!!
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                  • Andrew T 123623
                    Remember the higher the interest rate bigger the risk as many people have been burned a number already
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                    • Greg B 520364
                      This sounds like getting consent for sex
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                      • Brandy Yining Z
                        1 point
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                        • Michael D 983433
                          It is called the market rate. In my lifetime it has varied between 22% and 3%. The disadvantage of a long life!
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                          • Hanno.
                            5 points for I don't know...
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                            • Bugalugs
                              We might also ask Is it ethical for All banks, in Australia not just the Big 4, to pay Interest on Deposits as low as 0.01 per cent, all the while they are charging Borrowers 6, 7, 8 and more percentInterest on their loans or 21 per cent and more on Credit Card Debt? In Australia when the Reserve Bank of Australia, RBA, raises the Cash Rate the banks within hours they Increase the Interest Rates they charge Borrowers, delay or refuse to increase the Interest Rate they give Depositor and then when the RBA Reduces the Cash Rate it takes the banks up to 3 months before they reduce the Interest Rate they charge Borrowers. Just who is being Unethical?
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                              • Dimitri T 100433
                                1
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                                • Sreejith 1620640
                                  Depends on the day
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                                  • Jacqueline R 353303
                                    1
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                                    • Debra Jay 1237276
                                      I believe: win big, lose big! Not for me, I prefer to play it safer.
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                                      • Ishumael 1622843
                                        It depends where the interest is going to pay. If it is paying a high risk, then the interest ultra-heightens as well. So, the context and who is paying the interest matters in this case.
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                                        • Daniel A 2
                                          4. it changes. Is it a kind of gambling high interest over low interest. See where it leads. Lucky or unlucky.
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                                          • NotFriedLikeMost
                                            Do you beLIEve it is ethical for all the major central banks, who are broke, to even be ALLOWED to charge YOU fee's to bank with them...when THEY are the ones who are broke in the first place? Do you beLIEve it is ethical for all the major central banks to USE YOUR MONEY....for nefarious reasons, including laundering, trafficking, etc., to make THEMSELVES money with, while only giving you a shitty return...and STILL charge you fees to "bank" with them? Do you beLIEve it is ethical for all the major central banks to be ALLOWED to print fiat paper debt...backed by NOTHING AT ALL...then give you said debt as "money", so when you spend it...it devalues itself?!?! The entire banking industry is that little 3 letter word in the middle of believe, my friend. If ANYONE has to be"LIE"ve in something...anything...then they fall for that little three letter word in the middle of the word itself. The whole banking system is a fraud and a lie, like most everything else. Why is it called "capitalism"? Because shady, clever parasites are CAPITALIZING off our collective ignorance.
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                                            • NotFriedLikeMost
                                              ....to KNOW is when you find truth. If you NEED to beLIEve in things, chances are those things are a flat out lie.
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                                          • Cher
                                            4 pts it depends…
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                                            • writerrochelle
                                              5 points for not being sure. All I earn on my checking account is 1 cent a month! ;-D
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                                              • Lynne M 633106
                                                Why would you bank like that it is non-productive and who has a checking account these days anyway.
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                                              • writerrochelleLynne M 633106
                                                I do because my Social Security check is direct deposited into it, but I never write a check! I only get $860 a month, hence the 1 cent interest! My savings account is much healthier, though! ;-D
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                                            • P.P.R
                                              7 PTS..........
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                                              • Linda J 383315
                                                Not sure if ethical is the right word to use for this
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                                                • Maria B 89860
                                                  I concur, cheers mb.
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                                              • Robert T 597718
                                                1
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                                                • Lyn A.
                                                  4pts Ethical?
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                                                  • Maria B 89860
                                                    Not sure what you mean by "ethical" in this instance. If it is offered and you take the risk with your own hard earned money and get rewarded I can;t see how you have done anything wrong.
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                                                    • allin
                                                      5
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                                                      • Lee b 979050
                                                        Its only money
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                                                        • Angela 1484008
                                                          Ethical?? The higher the return the higher the risk.If you can afford to lose it all then go for it.
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                                                          • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                            Can (or does) ethics exist in capitalism - NO - since the bottom-line is profits (over ethics) in any capitalistic countries?
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                                                            • Irena T
                                                              6
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                                                              • pam rae
                                                                5 pts
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                                                                • Sandra H 2204 NSW
                                                                  1 point.
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                                                                  • Linda 3
                                                                    Is it ethical I only got one point? lol
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                                                                    • BLACK LIVES MATTER
                                                                      make me LOL
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                                                                  • Val 1394045
                                                                    3
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                                                                    • Sheree T
                                                                      If it is fully transparent and consensual.
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                                                                      • John 1411099
                                                                        If you make high interest it's none of your business
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                                                                        • Liane H
                                                                          Is it ethical? I suppose so ,yes. You've made a choice on an investment type. Clearly a high risk one for higher ,faster gains. lt could easily crash as quickly as it rose. Investing in ethical business models and stock markets would be the key factor determining whether your interest has been earned ethically, high or modestly?
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                                                                          • Christine M 323842
                                                                            Yep, and let’s hope those interests rates go higher for retirees, and those that will never own homes.
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                                                                            • Dada WA
                                                                              Higher risk = higher interest.
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                                                                              • mike B 1066235
                                                                                4
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