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BBC "Have Your Say"...

is discussing debt. Some interesting comments...

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  • lynzpower
    lynzpower Posts: 25,311 Forumite
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    Not displayed for me bertie :)
    :beer: Well aint funny how its the little things in life that mean the most? Not where you live, the car you drive or the price tag on your clothes.
    Theres no dollar sign on piece of mind
    This Ive come to know...
    So if you agree have a drink with me, raise your glasses for a toast :beer:
  • Kevicho
    Kevicho Posts: 3,216 Forumite
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  • Quite interesting, just goes to show how different people are when it comes to money!
    Quit smoking 18/08/07
  • Ceri_2
    Ceri_2 Posts: 125 Forumite
    annoys me that a lot of people think that we want to be in debt & have just wasted the money.

    Ok some people have & I have to an extent. about this time last year I thought I was about to get settled, due to move, cards & loans pretty much sorted (extra on mortgage); then my sis got sick & i was driving 200 miles (one way) each weekend (400 in total) & trying to run a house. I must have put over a grand on the cards with the travelling & food on the run & parking. But I could not have sat here while she was in hosp. I did that drive each weekend for almost 6 months. Then, trying to get sorted again, I lost my job, managed to temp for 6 weeks, then there was nothing, I had no work for 3 weeks, and just to make it worse, on those 3 weeks, my boiler packed up & a nw boiler ended up on the card.

    Not all debt is wasted.
  • electron_3
    electron_3 Posts: 439 Forumite
    Abolish the TV [STRIKE]Tax[/STRIKE] License, that'll be one bill out of the way :)
  • Kevicho
    Kevicho Posts: 3,216 Forumite
    I think the 500 character limit on that is appalling and i could not fit a 10th of my points into that space !
  • Scary report though about the numbers affected

    Surely, CCCS could not cope if they all needed helped
  • Kevicho
    Kevicho Posts: 3,216 Forumite
    "Particularly nauseating is Carol Vorderman. She rose to fame for being clever at arithmetic on publicly-funded Channel 4. Her name and face appear on numerous maths books aimed at children. Then, as if she needed the money, she fronts one of the dreadful daytime adverts encouraging people to borrow even more, exploiting the association built up by TV and marketing between her and maths. This woman clearly puts her personal greed way ahead of any sense of responsibility.

    Martin, Stockport "

    mr lewis doesnt live in stockport does he? God knows why he would lol, or is he covering his tracks :D
  • Bunnie1982
    Bunnie1982 Posts: 1,671 Forumite
    I dare not read it as I lose my temper with such narrow mindedness, I got to page 3 before I gave up
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