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According to the old saying, you shouldn't talk about religion or politics in polite company. Add one more to the list of conversational taboos: Credit card debt. That's the topic people are least likely to want to talk about with someone they just met.The only other topic that makes people hold their tongues that much? Details of their love lives.  Americans are more comfortable talking about politics, their religious views and their ages than they are talking about how much debt they carry on their credit cards, according to a new poll conducted for CreditCards.com.The poll also found Americans less willing to talk about their debt than they were five years ago, when the recession was just beginning to take shape. About 85% of Americans said they are reluctant to chat about their credit card debt with someone they first met, compared to 80% who gave the same answer in an identical poll conducted in 2008. "Before the recession, consumers were encouraged to carry debt, and spending was...

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