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Mountain of Debt: What Should You Pay Off First?
Townhall.com ^ | May 2, 2013 | Carrie Schwab Pomerantz

Posted on 05/02/2013 7:49:50 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 05/02/2013 7:49:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Two kids, student loans and no husband.
Perfect formula for an Obama voter.

Let me guess, she graduated in an unemployable field too.


2 posted on 05/02/2013 7:55:28 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: sickoflibs

Probably a degree in Women Studies. It is also probably the reason she has no husband.


3 posted on 05/02/2013 7:57:57 AM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: Kaslin

“Fortunetly”, my first professional job was in the law department at Seafirst/Bank of America.....

20 years later, I still have no debt.


4 posted on 05/02/2013 8:00:57 AM PDT by Psycho_Bunny (Thought Puzzle: Describe Islam without using the phrase "mental disorder" more than four times.)
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To: Kaslin

Also, once you pay off one card or one loan, etc., since you’re used to being without it, add the payment of the first item to the payment of the next item.

For example, say you have three credit cards and you put say, $200 on one and the minimums on the otheres. Once the first card is paid off, move that $200 payment to the next card PLUS the minimum you’ve already been paying. Then do the same with the third card ($200+second card minimum PLUS third card minimum). In this way, you’ll be ratcheting down your debt without any extra outlays per month.


5 posted on 05/02/2013 8:02:05 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: Kaslin

Sadly, a lot of folks lived off from CCs when the downturn hit and they got laid off.


6 posted on 05/02/2013 8:04:37 AM PDT by crz
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To: sickoflibs

Well, we saw way back in ‘92, how Dan Quayle was crucified by the left for talking about single motherhood not being a good life choice.

Due to political correctness, we’re not supposed to notice that this girl has children but no man in the picture. We’re not supposed to say anything about her struggles being so much worse because she is not married. We’re not supposed to notice any of that. After all, the left has decided that to say anything against anyone, in this case single mothers, means that you hate them.

I don’t hate anyone, but I hate the straight jacket which politically correct speech and thought has put us all in. We can’t discuss certain topics plainly due to political correctness and fear of being labeled some sort of hater or bigot by liberals.


7 posted on 05/02/2013 8:05:01 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Kaslin

Terrible answer,

You should go get as many new credit cards that you can, get enough cash advances or purchase stuff and resell it for cash and pay off your student loan, then charge everything you possibly can to live all while saving every dime of every paycheck you get. When the Credit Cards get turned off and you are unable to raise the Debt Ceiling artificially imposed by the Banksters. Quit your Job, apply for section 8 housing, free healthcare, get your welfare check and EBT card then File Bankruptcy on all your unsecured Debt, Then sit back and ask yourself if that Degree in Advanced Lesbian Dance Theory you have was worth it. Welcome to America.


8 posted on 05/02/2013 8:08:20 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Kaslin
(debt)"that doesn't mean it has to control your life"
Oh no? Since when?
9 posted on 05/02/2013 8:09:27 AM PDT by Minutemen ("It's a Religion of Peace")
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Not only was Dan Quayle right back then but so was Pat Buchanan.


10 posted on 05/02/2013 8:11:41 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego; sickoflibs

Just curious — what did you see in the article that told you the person is female?


11 posted on 05/02/2013 8:13:58 AM PDT by ken in texas (I respect my elders but keep finding fewer of them.)
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To: corlorde

How about a degree in gubmt social counciling work in a city that’s broke?

She just loves helping people with advice for their problems, like too much debt

HA_HA


12 posted on 05/02/2013 8:15:06 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: ken in texas; Dilbert San Diego

Females are more likely to write to ask for advice than men are. And see doctors... and take courses in common stuff like balancing a checkbook.


13 posted on 05/02/2013 8:17:11 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: eyeamok

Haha, that’s a keeper


14 posted on 05/02/2013 8:21:58 AM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: ken in texas; Dilbert San Diego

The other give-a-way is two kids and no spouse mentioned points to single mom


15 posted on 05/02/2013 8:26:21 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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To: ken in texas

The first line. The article is based on a question.


16 posted on 05/02/2013 8:27:29 AM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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To: ken in texas

...or for that matter, that there was not a man in the life of the supposed female AND how does anyone know that the supposed female is not a sweet girl who just does not know how to handle debt?


17 posted on 05/02/2013 8:28:23 AM PDT by madison10
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To: corlorde

The question says NOTHING about being a mom as opposed to a dad. Lot of assuming going on.


18 posted on 05/02/2013 8:29:54 AM PDT by madison10
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To: ken in texas

But I see your point once I reread it. It doesn’t specifically say. ‘Two kids’ could be anyone...like me... (it’s not me, btw)

:)


19 posted on 05/02/2013 8:30:41 AM PDT by corlorde (forWARD of the state)
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I have often wondered why these humanity go nowhere degrees are eligible for student loans? Those do nothing degrees should be dischargable in bankruptcy and ineligble for federal loan guarantees.


20 posted on 05/02/2013 8:30:58 AM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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