Comments on: Get Out of Debt in 9 Steps # 5 – Live Below Your Means

By: Mary Hall

Mary Hall — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:03:03 +0000

“living below your means isn’t the American way anymore”

True, sadly. Brilliant post btw

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Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:36:47 +0000

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Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:56:36 +0000

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By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:47:08 +0000

The writing is on the wall. Americans are going to have to pay for the war in Iraq. No, we are not getting cheap oil from Iraq either. The OPEC countries are raping us in the most inappropriate places and Bush policy is to go and dance with the princes in Saudi Arabia. Gold approaches $1000.00 an ounce, oil is over $100.00 a barrel and working Americans are being locked out of their homes and jobs, at gunpoint, if necessary, by their own police forces. Inflation is eating the food off of our childrens’ plates, our schools are falling apart, we are a fat, far cry from our predecessors in the 1940’s when we saw our last military victories, What the hell is going on? Even Canada has health care, good or bad it has to be better than none! I guess our way of life is coming to an end. MIT better get ‘fusion’ working and Bush better not give it away to his Saudi buddies or we are doomed!

By: Thom

Thom — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:37:22 +0000

I had a friend tell me once, “You can always live up to your means.” Living below your means takes effort! We’re still trying…and getting better…but it takes effort! I’ve found the single most important key to making this work (at least for me) is… quit worrying about what everyone ELSE is thinking. They don’t have more, they just have more debt!

Great post!

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(Blog) Carnivals and Festivals, Oh My » Finance and Fat — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 02:51:38 +0000

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Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:19:43 +0000

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Get Out of Debt in 9 Steps # 1- Stop Borrowing Money » Finance and Fat — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:15:33 +0000

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:48:53 +0000

Yeah, I used to think I only had money problems because I didn’t make enough money. Of course, no matter how much more I made I never had enough.

By: wealthy_1

wealthy_1 — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 18:00:35 +0000

I know! I know! I know! But thanks for reminding me again.