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Can't get a bank account or credit card without a debt in the U.S.

There's an old and likely true pre-internet story that recent arrivals in the U.S. have a devil of a job of obtaining a bank account and credit card. Because the first thing the bank asks for is proof of your existing mortgage or any other loans. No loans? Hmm it looks like you don't actually exist then.

What goes around, comes around.

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