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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:55 AM Original message |
Do you know someone who "is in debt up to their ears"? |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. I know plenty of people like that |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. 99% of debtors are to be blamed because it is all their fault? |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:18 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. with the exception of medical bills it usually IS |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:26 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not just medical bills |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I didn't say I didn't feel sorry for them |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:37 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Stop the ownership society programs |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:12 AM Response to Reply #22 |
30. This isn't about consumers getting screwed, its about bad choices |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:27 AM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Who do you think sets that culture |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I actually like living in our mostly free society... |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:55 AM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Sounds like we need a government bailout for all the idiots who practically live at Best Buy |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Not to mention the pervasive FEAR in our society. |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
62. Kids are getting engage in the consumerism culture they see it every where |
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galadrium (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. one word.... PARENTS |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:41 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Parents are failing the test of financial responsibility, parents may have to be re educated n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #15 |
29. "99% of the people in debt are in debt because of bad events"- BULLSHIT |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
43. I think the "99%" is bullshit EITHER way. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #43 |
52. no doubt. and it's often a combination of the two |
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AlphaCentauri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. slaves and master of our own greed |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
58. i agree |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. Then I envy you your social circle - |
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sepulveda (271 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:46 AM Response to Reply #60 |
61. i've lived in |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
54. It´s their own fault if they have lived above their means |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
69. this is just not true |
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femmedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:10 AM Response to Original message |
2. I know more people who don't have the means to live |
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Saturday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. Not all people are smart about politics. |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Agreed! The lack of education is staggering. |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. Sorry you lost your friends. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. As "owners" of the national debt |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. Lack of middle class housing in the country. |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
6. Most the people I know who are debt ridden, are so because of health care bills |
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mac2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That's true too |
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gollygee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:20 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Most of the debt-ridden people I know are in that situation or have recently |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
7. I know a few |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Which is how you are being prepared to feel |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:41 AM Response to Reply #14 |
24. I lived within my means |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:51 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Oh yes. You lived right |
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sergeiAK (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Just my personal experience. |
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shrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
50. The lender is required by federal law to disclose everything in the contract |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
44. So are you proposing the government should bail out everyone who's in debt? |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. No |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #47 |
75. If someone's suffering financially from medical costs I have no problem with helping them but |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #75 |
78. You emphatically state that "not many poor people are in big trouble" |
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idovoodoo (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 05:40 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. You probably shouldn't smoke that shit. |
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davsand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. Why am I doing without stuff if bills are not my responsibility? |
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BigDaddy44 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:01 PM Response to Reply #14 |
65. Victims? |
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jojo54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
10. My daughter and our friends. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. Are you sure they weren't feeling you out for a loan? |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
57. No, they thought that we could give financial advice |
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samplegirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
18. My daughter alike |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
19. Had Me. Had Me. Lost Me. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Yep - to hear them tell it, things will be hunky-dory after a few months of sluggishness. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:46 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. A Little History On Al |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. yeah - I know several couples like that |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Just a comment |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #27 |
32. it is great when a person or a couple can find a level of living |
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DrDan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #27 |
34. btw - are you from West Va? |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
45. That's how you get to be rich |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:40 PM Response to Reply #45 |
71. I knew couples that were very satified with a frugal life |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #71 |
76. Wow, you read way more into my post |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. I presume they don't talk to you anymore out of embarrassment. That's OK |
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devilgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
23. Yes, I know someone up to their ears in debt. The United States of America. |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:05 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Amen. |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Although everyone already knows about it, |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
33. most of my family |
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IdaBriggs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
35. Yes, I know quite a few people like that -- "Priority Challenged." |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
36. I am, but it's due to massive medical bills and two long periods |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
48. Tell them to watch this video... |
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Angela Shelley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thanks for the link, that´s funny and wise! |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
55. We're slowly getting it back down |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. Yup... Me. Student Loans |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. that's exactly what the OP means! |
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sweetpotato (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
59. I blame advertising |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:08 PM Response to Reply #59 |
66. Not Me |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #59 |
74. Yeah ads are designed to sell things |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
63. One. They spent a fortune on their wedding, are now divorced, and neither has recovered. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
67. I used to be, but |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
68. I'm sorry, but once FAFSA agrees to fund higher educations, they |
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Indenturedebtor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-29-08 01:26 PM Response to Reply #68 |
77. Yeah the whole system has been rigged for centuries |
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