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RE: If You Can't Afford it, You can't AFFORD it!

in #money7 years ago

I avoid debt like the plague. I try my best to budget and most things in life fall under wants not needs. So many blow what little emergency fund they had on wants. When they have a true need well there no choice but debt. Further down the hole they go trying to dig themselves out with a spoon sized shovel. There are expectations to be made but most seem to think every whim or want is such a thing.

Debt makes more sense from a business stand point then use in personal stuff. That as well has to be a careful step one at a time. Banks they love to over lend and companies always take on more than they need for silly things.

I’d avoid it all if I could. When I can’t I want a giant shovel dig myself out of that mess!

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I avoid it, too... and have taken on no new debt since 2015, and we're still digging out of the aftermath of so-called "medical debts."

Having had $70,000 worth of consumer debt (back in the 1990's) I know the drag of digging out. I always likened it to "bailing out the Titanic with a teacup." You feel like you're working a lot, but all you're really doing is making the sinking process a little slower.

Banks seem to prefer to lend money to people who don't need to borrow money...