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1. This article is about debt.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:49 AM
Aug 20

It was a little confusing until I read the article. They are talking about people with "distressed credit accounts." In other words, people who have borrowed money and are behind on payments. TX and FL have the highest percentage of residents with distressed credit accounts.

I theorized that a lot of Trump voters would run up debt in anticipation of his campaign promises coming true. Trump voters seemed to believe that he would halve prices, for instance. They believed the fairy tales, borrowed a ton of money, and now they owe on their loans and credit cards.

I know this isn't true of everyone who has credit card debt, but if like to see some real investigative reporting on people who took out loans because they thought that Trump was bringing the fairytale.

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