It didn't take long for me to realize that I had to change my evil spending ways or cut up my card. So, I spent a lot of time learning everything I could about credit CARDS and personal finance.

没过都长时间我就意识到我不得不去改变自己不好的消费卡消费方式，所以我花了很长时间尽我所能的去学习所有关于消费卡和个人财政的知识。

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The reduction of leverage after a credit bubble bursts takes a long time, which prevents a vigorous economic recovery.

信贷泡沫之后，减杠杆的过程要持续很久，这将阻碍经济有力地复苏。

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The prospect of contactless debit/credit transactions has been around for a long time.

非接触式借记/信用交易由来已久。

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In response to my earlier post about one of our credit cards being closed due to inactivity, long-time reader and regular commenter BG mentioned that he and his wife have upwards of 150 credit cards.

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