Do I need to give my credit card info to apple in order to sign into their itunes store?

And why does Apple need my credit card info in order to set up an account for their itunes store?

It's a STORE, so asking for a credit card is not unreasonable.
You can try setting up an account without a card following these instructions.
iTunes account without credit card:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2534

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    Message was edited by: tarameikle

    Hi tarameikle,
    Well, bummer! I'm putting a link to the article that shows you how to set up an iTunes account with "None", but it requires a new Apple ID. If you are setting up an iTunes account with an existing Apple ID, a Credit Card is required....
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    This is the link for setting up an iTunes account with an existing Apple ID:
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2589
    It does say that once you have set it up with a credit card, you can change it to None (there's a link for that embedded in the second article).....but it appears that it requires a credit card to start with
    Hope this info helps.
    Cheers,
    GB

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