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Posted By Frank

I’m not entirely sure when the crossover point was, but whenever we hit it, it was suddenly ok to have substantial amounts of debt. Retirement, once the bastion of debt free living, became acceptable even if you still had a mortgage, car loan, or home equity loan to your name when you left your job.  Even the government is jumping in on the debt racking bandwagon in order to dig us out of the hole that was caused by our own ridiculous deficit spending, which has prompted other countries, like China, to express their concern over the skyrocketing borrowing.

Which of course brings us to the point as to why we need to consider debt and the role in plays in our everyday lives. Whenever you borrow money, take into account the fact that somewhere, eventually, you’ll need to pay that money back. Not only will you have to pay it back, but you’ll have to do so with interest. In order to keep your debt in check, the gravity of your spending decisions will have to be taken into consideration before borrowing.

Of course, each of us has our own set of debt circumstances. J.D. recently documented a number of profiles from his readers. He looked at middle class couples, upper class entrepreneurs, and even individuals with drug problems or working at minimum. No matter what your socioeconomic status may be, avoid debt and spending responsibly is an admirable goal.

Category: Debt Solutions

5/26/2009

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