Credit Cards Easier to Come By For Some??
A couple weeks ago I went to my bank and opened bank accounts for my grandchildren. These accounts are for them when they become adults so either my social security number or the child's social security number was required. This was required for natural born citizens of the United States.
Now, I hear that Bank of America has started to allow people with no social security number to get not just checking accounts but credit cards too. The requirment for the credit card is three months of checking account with no bounced checks.
I'm not sure why I find this offensive. Perhaps because there were hoops I had to jump through for everything I've done financially. And I'm a citizen of this country. It took me YEARS, not months, to be able to build up enough credit that I could, with the appropriate Social Security number and other proper ID get a credit card.
Just one more thing that in my eyes does a disservice to all those immigrants that came to this country in prior years and followed all the laws to reside in this country.
I heard on the television the other day someone stating something that seems very true.. but I can't quote it exact however it was basically .. "I don't think American's are against immigration. I think they are against ILLEGAL immigration." Is it too much to ask that we all follow the same laws?
