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		throwaway98797 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: FICO to incorporate buy-now-pay-later loans into c... sometimes you make money in lumps debt allows people smooth that out and lending companies take a fee for that service nothing evil or wrong about it

BJones12 8 months ago [–]

Yes. Or to rephrase, debt/interest is a way of moving money through time.

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