Comments on: Promoting debt http://principleddiscovery.com/2007/04/25/promoting-debt/ If the foundations be destroyed, what shall the righteous do? --Psalm 11:3 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:15:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dana http://principleddiscovery.com/2007/04/25/promoting-debt/#comment-1223 Dana Thu, 26 Apr 2007 04:04:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=440#comment-1223 I agree, milehimama! Everything can now be "bought" for $20 a month it seems.<br/><br/>Rick, instant gratification about sums it up. When is anyone taught the value of hard work, patience and (eek!) self-restraint in any aspect of American life?<br/><br/>That sounds interesting, Henry. Thanks...I'll look at it and add the link! I agree, milehimama! Everything can now be “bought” for $20 a month it seems.

Rick, instant gratification about sums it up. When is anyone taught the value of hard work, patience and (eek!) self-restraint in any aspect of American life?

That sounds interesting, Henry. Thanks…I’ll look at it and add the link!

]]> By: Henry Cate http://principleddiscovery.com/2007/04/25/promoting-debt/#comment-1222 Henry Cate Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:44:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=440#comment-1222 <a HREF="http://bruggietales.blogspot.com/" REL="nofollow">Bruggie Tales</a> has <a HREF="http://bruggietales.blogspot.com/2007/04/secret-to-living-debt-free.html" REL="nofollow">posted a link</a> to a Saturday Night Live skit called "<a HREF="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xt0c6_snldontbuystuff" REL="nofollow">Don't buy stuff you cannot afford</a>."<br/><br/>What a concept! Bruggie Tales has posted a link to a Saturday Night Live skit called “Don’t buy stuff you cannot afford.”

What a concept!

]]> By: Rick http://principleddiscovery.com/2007/04/25/promoting-debt/#comment-1221 Rick Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:44:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=440#comment-1221 We have definitely been raised as consumers, not as savers or investors. <br/><br/>It's easy to spend. If the money, debit card, or credit card are in my pocket, I can use it. To have the discipline either not to make the payment methods accessible, or to restrain myself when they are accessible, are much more difficult. We are an instant gratification society, and everything from advertising to government promotes it. We have definitely been raised as consumers, not as savers or investors.

It’s easy to spend. If the money, debit card, or credit card are in my pocket, I can use it. To have the discipline either not to make the payment methods accessible, or to restrain myself when they are accessible, are much more difficult. We are an instant gratification society, and everything from advertising to government promotes it.

]]> By: Milehimama http://principleddiscovery.com/2007/04/25/promoting-debt/#comment-1220 Milehimama Wed, 25 Apr 2007 11:39:00 +0000 http://principleddiscovery.com/?p=440#comment-1220 The ads that especially annoy me are the ones that advertise the financing options, and don't have a price anywhere! Furniture ads that say "No payments until 2009!" but don't list the actual cost of the sofa, car ads that advertise "Just $199 a month" but don't mention the actual amount you have to finance.<br/><br/><a HREF="http://milehimama.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Mama Says</a> The ads that especially annoy me are the ones that advertise the financing options, and don’t have a price anywhere! Furniture ads that say “No payments until 2009!” but don’t list the actual cost of the sofa, car ads that advertise “Just $199 a month” but don’t mention the actual amount you have to finance.

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