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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:18 PM Original message |
What if everybody just quit paying their credit card bills? |
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LoZoccolo
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. Then no one would lend anyone money. n/t |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Borrowing is what's brought us to our knees.. |
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Donnachaidh
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Then people would be forced to live within their means |
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napi21
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Before you beat up on that guy, think about this. |
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ayeshahaqqiqa
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. You are living within your budget |
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Jim__
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #5 |
27. "Not borrowing" can bring us to our knees too. |
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marylanddem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. I like the revolutionary spirit in your thought |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. That would naturally follow |
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panader0
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
4. I'm all for it. I owe about $4500.00 and the payments are killer. |
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glowing
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
6. Interesting thought... but not enough will do it to make an impact. |
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DS1
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
7. because when the banks jack up the rates across the board |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:27 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Whew.. no beemer here.. We're safe.. (also no credit cards) |
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NC_Nurse
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
8. The bankruptcy bill would get you. |
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LeftCoast
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Exactly! |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
30. People have been using their homes as ATMs and many have NO equity |
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Kucinich4America
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
39. Ah yes, the bankruptcy bill.... |
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pretzel4gore
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. the average citizen is a paycheque away |
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eleny
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
11. My first thought was that people ought t try and stop using them |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yep.. our first BankAmericard (1970) had a $500 limit |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:36 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. "...proof that we did not borrow any of it.." |
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eleny
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. A while back I had a credit card company reduce the limit on a card |
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Flaxbee
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
12. I've mused about the same thing... the entire country |
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AndyTiedye
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. Or Go to the Other Extreme and Pay them All Off |
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SoCalDem
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. we DID that 3 years ago and now pay cash for everything..even our cars |
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NNN0LHI
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
40. Around here plastic is so common when I pull out cash they act like I am trying to rob the place |
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terisan
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. We don't have debtor's prison now; we have the equivalent of house arrest. |
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terisan
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. I came across an internet organization that eliminates banks yet seems above board. |
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Gormy Cuss
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
17. It would widen the gap between the haves and the have nots. |
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Deja Q
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:35 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. Precisely. |
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Deja Q
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. I paid mine back; wasn't easy - to say the least. |
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flvegan
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well, the creditors could sue for the balance, get a judgment and execute on it. |
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msongs
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
24. "the pus filled boil" is caused by personal choices and irresponsibility. nt |
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SOS
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:12 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Sure |
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SammyWinstonJack
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. ! |
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msongs
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Sat Dec-15-07 02:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. only some people in credit card debt are in the categories you describe nt |
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SOS
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Sat Dec-15-07 03:06 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. "some people" = 90% |
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Red Zelda
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. No way |
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spanone
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Sat Dec-15-07 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
31. blackwater would step in...... |
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ayeshahaqqiqa
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Sat Dec-15-07 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
32. Paid my credit cards off years ago, and don't use them now. n/t |
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hunter
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Sat Dec-15-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
36. This is going to happen spontaneously, I suspect. |
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muriel_volestrangler
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Sat Dec-15-07 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
41. That's not what "write off debt" means |
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earth mom
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Sat Dec-15-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. The problem is that most people have other debt that isn't from credit cards. |
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