Once again....It seems the plan for Amex after getting bailed out is to slash large credit lines and give out a bunch of small credit lines and small increases so they have huge number of small customers generating more income. Plus when Amex reports with a "little slight of hand with the numbers" they can make it seem like they have not cut back lending but are actually doing more lending. I would have no problem with this but the current administration clearly gave out TARP and let Amex become a bank so they could keep lending. Nothing wrong with being prudent and responsible but clearly they changed tactics with high line customers. I do not think that is what the administration/fed/congress/president intended for finacial institutions like amex.