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All true. When credit cards first came on the scene, it was used for things like a family vacation and made it possible to not carry too much cash at any time ... then they began to push credit, car sales,furniture,lawnmowers, tools, etc..., followed by ever expanding things like television set, stereos, second and even third cars ... now it is a truth many people have $30,000 to $55,ooo owed on their credit cards and ever growing at a huge carrying charge each month.21% or more - with another fee for being a day late on making the monthly payment. It is for cell phones, Iphones, Ipads, computers , and all the frills and attachments. Ever growing and expanding. Like the old song by Jimmy Dean ... “another day older and deeper in debt, 16 tons and what do you get, another day older and deeper in debt ... I think it was about” the company store” ...

A very different way to live, indeed! Yes we did it to our self willingly. Television, commercials and billboards are seeking to induce us to buy, buy, buy,

Like the old song by Jimmy Dean ... “another day older and deeper in debt, ...."

Tennessee Ernie Ford, "Sixteen Tons". About coal mining in the days of maximal labor exploitation and minimal safety. Actually descriptive of the 1930's, before the UMW came along.

now it is a truth many people have $30,000 to $55,ooo owed on their credit cards and ever growing at a huge carrying charge each month.21% or more - with another fee for being a day late on making the monthly payment. It is for cell phones, Iphones, Ipads, computers , and all the frills and attachments. Ever growing and expanding.

Byproduct of the "verisimilitude" office-politics game. Favorite maxim: "Dress for the job you want, not the job you have."

Notorious fact of life: People who spend the most time in their bosses' offices get the promotion ..... not the best workers. A study found that fast risers spent up to 41% of their time in with the boss. Face time counts.

I was also told about a medium-sized oil company's CEO, who used to cull his staff based on their wardrobe. Guys who dressed like NYPD Blue's Andy Sipowicz (tie, short sleeves) got run off. The company uniform, completely undeclared and unadvertised, was suits with pocketless suitpants, pocketless white oxford-cloth shirts, and conservative shoes and ties. And persons making a presentation were expected never to have anything in hand -- not even a pencil. Of course, people weren't told this -- the boss was looking for people who knew to look for fashion cues from the top (the most sequacious, power-junkie people, IOW) and get with the program on their own.