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ManusJustus on 16 June 2009
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HappySqurriel said:
ManusJustus said:
De85 said:

The amount of naivete in this post is baffling.   First off, banks and credit cards do not and can not prey on anyone without that person first royally screwing the pooch.  It's not the fault of the credit card company that you made more charges than you can afford to pay for, and must now pay the high interest rates that you knew you would have to pay if you didn't keep your balance current. 

Secondly, it would be great if the sole purpose of government agencies were to protect the consumers, but sadly that's not how it works out in real life.  One word: bureaucracy. 

Akuma summed things up nicely.  To put it simply, many low-skilled workers cant effectively read through a 20 page contract and completely understand all the legal and financial jargon.  Even if they realize that they are being wronged, lawyers arent a cheap and quick alternative.

"Can't read through" or "Don't read through"?

If they don't have the ability to read the contract wouldn't it make sense to provide better education, training and or services to help people understand the contract? If they are simply too lazy to do the work to protect themself and read a contract why is it anyone's problem but their own?

So you're saying that these people are too lazy to get training or a degree in law and finance so if they get screwed its their own fault? 

Your remedy to people not having enough legal and financial knowledge is for the government to step in and educate them, but it makes a lot more sense just to have the government regulate bad business practices.

I'm an educated person, and I have a background in business and economics (which was required for my civil engineering degree), but before I enter into a contract that I'm not sure about I have a lawyer look at it.  Its definately worth $500+ dollars to make sure I'm safe, but not everybody is able to shell out that kind of money on every contract they dont fully understand.