Read The Passage - And Then Choose The Best Answer To The Question. Answer The Question On The Basis Of What Is Stated Or Implied In These Passages. The Rise In Personal Debt In Recent Years Is Due Largely To Aggressive And Unwarranted Hustling By Creditcard Companies. Between 1990 And 1996 - Credit Card Debt Doubled. Today It Is Still Rising. Credit Cards With Interest Rates Reaching Nearly 20 Percent Are A Remarkably Lucrative Part Of The Loan Business. Debtors Pay An Average Of $10000 A Year In Interest And Fees Alone - Money That Could Instead Have Been Used For A College Or Retirement Fund. Using Subtle Tactics To Tempt Unwary Consumers To Borrow - Creditcard Companies Have Led Consumers To Hold More Cards And To Fork Over A Bigger And Bigger Fraction Of Their Income To The Companies. Which Statement Best Reflects The Organization Used In This Passage?

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Read The Passage - And Then Choose The Best Answer To The Question. Answer The Question On The Basis Of What Is Stated Or Implied In These Passages. The Rise In Personal Debt In Recent Years Is Due Largely To Aggressive And Unwarranted Hustling By Creditcard Companies. Between 1990 And 1996 - Credit Card Debt Doubled. Today It Is Still Rising. Credit Cards With Interest Rates Reaching Nearly 20 Percent Are A Remarkably Lucrative Part Of The Loan Business. Debtors Pay An Average Of $10000 A Year In Interest And Fees Alone - Money That Could Instead Have Been Used For A College Or Retirement Fund. Using Subtle Tactics To Tempt Unwary Consumers To Borrow - Creditcard Companies Have Led Consumers To Hold More Cards And To Fork Over A Bigger And Bigger Fraction Of Their Income To The Companies. Which Statement Best Reflects The Organization Used In This Passage?