Monday, April 03, 2006

one world...

It would be funny if, as Christmas approached, a bunch of people swapped their credit cards around, went on a big Christmas shopping spree, and then reported their own cards stolen and just made the banks swallow it. As long as you stay away from stores with cameras you've pretty much got it made. Oh, and don't do too good a job forging the signature. If you're a real nut, I think signing a similar name in a decent handwriting match is a nice flair. Did you realize that Visa doesn't even its vendors to ask for ID? That's what interchange income - the tax such financiers have imposed on the retail structure in the form of a billed percentage of transactions - is for. Five days and then you tell them you lost the card and you aren't sure where or when. I bring this up only in that whereas most revolutionary calls to action insist that a great number must rise up for the cause, this kind of thing works best if only a few people do it at once. For those of you who get some kind of creepy moral frisson, try to remember that the corporate motto of Visa is "One World, One Currency: Visa." Honestly, who's side do you think they're on?

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