XPost: can.general, can.politics, ott.general   
   From: nospam@thanksalot.com   
      
   John Fleming wrote:   
   ...   
      
   >> $> Like I said, people have lots of excuses.  Divorce is nasty when   
   >> kids $> are involved, but still, debt is a mater of priorities.   
   >> $   
   >> $Not always. Sometimes it is a matter of government or court   
   >> imposition of $invented debt.   
   >   
   > So you are saddled with some "invented debt".  Why not make   
   > paying it off a priority?   
      
   Why, so they can invent more debt when you get the first one paid off?   
   It's a sick game, and sick people make the rules.   
      
      
   > The new big screen TV and the   
   > trip to Mexico at Christmas can wait for another day.   
      
   Perhaps, but applying for political asylum and escaping to Nicaragua   
   can't.   
      
      
   > Besides, you'll enjoy them more when you aren't wondering   
   > how you are going to pay the rent at the end of the month.   
      
   You do know this is Canada, right?   
      
      
   >> $>>> Chances are, if your credit cards haven't been paid in full   
   >> every $>>> month of the last 59/60 months you have a use of credit   
   >> problem. $>>> Maybe bought a home, or cars you could not afford.   
   >> $>>   
   >> $>> Or maybe, bought them when you could afford it, and had some bad   
   >> $>> luck or government and court thievery.   
   >> $>   
   >> $> I NEVER use the credit card unless I know I already have the cash   
   >> $> waiting in the bank.  I use it more like a check book, no money no   
   >> $> spendy.   
   >> $   
   >> $Sometimes, the cash you thought you had in the bank has simply   
   >> $disappeared. That will leave a debt where you thought you had none.   
   >> $   
   >> $You are too quick to judge.   
   >   
   > Cash in the bank doesn't just simply disappear.  You spent   
   > it on something.  Did you keep your receipts?  Because if   
   > you did, you can figure out where it went.   
      
   On the contrary, it does simply disappear, as if by magic (or stroke of a   
   pen) to pay the magically-created debts. I've seen it done many times to   
   many people.   
      
      
   >> $You need an education in how that really works. The #1 cause of   
   >> divorce is $that female partner wants a divorce, often because she   
   >> is bored with a $husband who seems to paying little attention to her   
   >> because he is working $two jobs so they can stay out of debt.   
   >   
   > And if you weren't in debt, you could spend more time with   
   > her, right?  Give her more attention, right?  And she'd be   
   > less bored with you, right?   
      
   That depends on what she finds interesting, I suppose.   
      
      
   > And debt is a money problem, right?   
      
   Sometimes, debt is a slavery problem. As in: debt-bondage.  Which is   
   basically the system we have in Canada.   
      
      
   > Comes right back to Canuck57's point, doesn't it.  That your   
   > marriage fell apart because of money issues.   
      
   You are mistaken.   
      
   >   
   >> $> The price for financial stupidity is pretty high.  And it isn't   
   >> like $> high school where they push you through to get you out into   
   >> the real $> world.  Real world is going to grab you by the arse and   
   >> set reality $> right into you.   
   >> $>   
   >> $> Hey, I was even divorced once before meeting the right gal.  Came   
   >> down $> to having kids and the ex was stupid with money so I said no   
   >> and left. $> Smart move too, the next gal was a winner, been with   
   >> her now over 25 $> years...  No one argument over money, as we had   
   >> that discussion while $> dating.   
   >> $   
   >> $You are a lucky man. Some are not so lucky. Lighten up.   
   >> $   
   >> $> Choice is yours, and the more in debt, the deeper the hole.  Makes   
   >> $> for a longer climb out.   
      
   If there someone standing there to shove you back in the hole, there   
   really isn't much point climbing out. It might take a few rounds to figure   
   out the game, but eventually people do learn.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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