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		icedchai on Oct 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How We Bootstrapped Our SaaS Startup to Ramen Prof... For the average person, meaning someone getting a business loan or mortgage, this just isn't true. Take a look at historical bank rates. They're much cheaper now than the 80's.

dragonwriter on Oct 25, 2017 [–]

Correct.

https://www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/About-JPMC/historica...

The 1980s may have been a time when some borrowers had easier time getting credit at all, but it wasn't a time of “cheap cash”.

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