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> Joe wrote:
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>>>>>> dwight wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> Joe wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks to the current administration (had to get that jab
in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> there), fiscal America is sinking like a stone.
>>>>>>>>>>>> You do know that all this sub-prime mess got rolling under
>>>>>>>>>>>> Clinton? cough< republican congress
>>>>>>>>>> Who was it that said "The buck stops here"?
>>>>>>>>> Wasn't ME.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'm the ATM for my family. I'm Buck Teflon. I take out $20 and
>>>>>>>>> hand it over that night.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I always tell 'em, "I know where to get more," but, jeez, it'd
>>>>>>>>> be nice to have some currency in my wallet for more than 24
>>>>>>>>> hours.
>>>>>>>> You first mistake was telling them you know where to get more.
>>>>>>>> Just tell them the money tree died and the new one won't mature
>>>>>>>> and bare fruit for several years.
>>>>>>> Fine, but half the tree belongs to my wife.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The problem I have with HER is that she's actually the one that
>>>>>>> will go to an ATM and withdraw $20. That's ridiculous. I
>>>>>>> understand frugality, but I also deal well with reality, and
>>>>>>> taking out $20 doesn't save you money, it just makes you go back
>>>>>>> to the ATM more often.
>>>>>>> Me, I take out $100. Doesn't mean I spend it faster, just means
>>>>>>> that I don't have to go back the next day.
>>>>>> Since I work from home, I could easily live for a month on $100
>>>>>> cash.
>>>>> I work from home and live on $50 cash/month. Of course the debit
>>>>> card's almost worn out...
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Actually... my wife doesn't have to go back the next day either.
>>>>>>> She's got me. So it all evens out.
>>>>> Question for y'all: So this tax "refund" we'll be getting this
year
>>>>> - will this be a repeat of the 2001 nonsense?
>>>>> http://tinyurl.com/2ac2pw
>>>> I doubt I'll see a check so to me it is irrelevant. My guess is
that
>>>> every check they send out will be cashed and no thought will be
given
>>>> to the details.
>>> Sending it back wasn't one of my options. I'll probably just sign
the
>>> back and send it on to the credit card company.
>>>
>>> )
>>
>> Ditto. And that's the fallacy of this thing. People will pay of
debt
>> rather than buy stuff.
>
> But my guess is that most will run the old credit card back up real
soon.

It's the American Way.