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You can pay for lunch with a credit card without having the funds available.


That's assuming you have good enough credit to get a credit card (without exorbitant fees attached).


And you get good credit by proving to banks that you won't run off with their money. In fact, they will loan you $1000s each month at 0% interest if you pay it back the next.


Unfortunately, the way credit risk is measured does not always measure actual credit risk, but your proximity to stereotypes of high credit risk.




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