Having taken some heat for daring to say that consumers are partly responsible for their own credit-card debt, I find it particularly interesting to see that I’m not the only one. We are currently running an entirely unscientific poll on Time.com, asking people: Which is more to blame for Americans’ credit-card problems—card issuers or cardholders?
So, far 61% of people are pointing fingers at cardholders. People in Vermont and New Hampshire blame the issuers—Big business? Blamed for something in Vermont? Really?—but so do folks in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Alabama and New Mexico. Those results are a little more surprising to me.
You can see the full results here. If you want to vote, go to our home page and look for the poll along the right-hand side of the page (you might have to scroll down a bit).
Barbara!