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Tucker Carlson just delivered the kind of financial advice that would make your accountant pass out cold: stop paying your credit card bills.
During his Monday show, the former Fox News heavyweight torched the credit card industry as predatory parasites feeding off struggling Americans and flatly told viewers he’s no longer bothered by the idea of people blowing off their monthly payments.
“I think people should stop paying their credit cards,” Carlson declared. “I know no one else agrees with me, and ‘Oh, you have a moral obligation.’ Really?”
That’s not exactly the sort of thing Visa executives want playing on loop in the boardroom.
Carlson argued the moral scolding always lands on the consumer while giant financial institutions aggressively push easy credit on young people who can barely balance a checking account — let alone survive 29% APR interest rates.
“Well, you have a moral obligation not to send credit card applications to college kids,” he said. “So this goes both ways. It’s like just blaming the drug addict and never mentioning the dealer. Someone’s selling the fentanyl and that person is on the hook too.”
It was classic Tucker: part populist fury, part cultural grenade, and delivered with the kind of grin that suggests he knows perfectly well the internet is about to explode.
The comments came after guest Ryan Montgomery repeated the old-school financial mantra: don’t spend money you don’t have. Carlson admitted he once bought into that line himself — before deciding America’s credit system is so rigged that sympathy for the banks has basically evaporated.
“Like, is it a sin to rip off your drug dealer? I guess,” Carlson added. “It’s not one I’m going to judge you for.”
Cue the collective heart attack from Wall Street. Carlson clearly isn’t worried about polite approval from corporate America — or debt collectors.
Aside from the clip about debt, the video with Montgomery is frightening and worth watching.
