# CC rewards programs - bill footed by poor?

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**Created:** [November 30, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907 "2023-11-30T16:20:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2023, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cc-rewards-programs-bill-footed-by-poor/993907/23 "2023-12-05T15:16:31Z")

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Man, @Amateur_Barbarian must really be gone, because he would love this thread. He’d have accused us all of being mass murderers of course:

> [@Amazon.com Rewards Visa Card from Chase - What's the catch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-com-rewards-visa-card-from-chase-whats-the-catch/665278/27):
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> You are participating in a program that \*depends \*on screwing a large number of the participants to provide benefits that may as well be outright lies for some portion of them. If you think being among the rats fast enough to grab the cheese without getting your neck broken is adequate ethically, _bon appetit_.
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> But otherwise, it’s on the same ethical slope as, and not too far removed from, getting $1,000 for pushing a button that kills 1,000 random people. You just choose not to think of it that way, cuz you’re smart and fast and got yours.

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