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Old 04-20-2008, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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....So some desperate borrowers are resorting to more perilous measures: raiding their retirement accounts and insurance plans and seeking loans from alternative credit sources such as payday lenders and pawnshops that extract a high price for the cash....

That is like....a special kind of crazy.....
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Old 04-20-2008, 05:56 PM
 
Location: At my computador
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I think it's wonderful.

I don't contribute to my retirement because I believe that it's going to be stolen by the government because my generation is going to retire after the collapse of social security (2030) and I expect whatever is saved is going to be redistributed.

Hopefully, people are going to be so deep in debt, they'll force a full stop to government spending so that taxes are reduced... Dare to dream...
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Old 04-20-2008, 06:28 PM
 
Location: America
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^^

ummm wow, just wow
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Old 04-20-2008, 06:58 PM
 
Location: 'Burbs of Manhattan
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How fun.

They keep raising my parents. And, my mom keeps spending. (over 2,100 this week, ha). But, of course. They pay it all back in time. So, it's not like the credit card companies are making much off of her. xD
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Old 04-20-2008, 09:00 PM
 
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Who gets the blame on this one? Since no one takes ownership over there own financial mess anymore.
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