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Originally posted by SimiusDei
Jasn
EDIT TO ADD: I have a BAS in Computer Science. When I first graduated, the average pay for this degree was $23 an hour. Now, in my area, it is $6.75.
I have an excellent education. Yet, I can make more working at Wal-Mart.
I knew I should have went the Psychologist route.
[edit on 21-10-2007 by SimiusDei]
Originally posted by SimiusDei
reply to post by MBF
Sorry to hear that MBF. Unfortunately, stories like yours are all too common.
Perhaps being a fellow Georgia resident, you can vouch for me when I say that you can do hardly ANYTHING around here without good credit. Seeing as how we likely must go through the same companies to obtain our life necessities.
Thanks for contributing!
Jasn
Originally posted by TKainZero
I don't know how to say it better then that...and don't know what we can do about it...
Originally posted by TheBorg
We can abolish the credit system, that's one thing we can do. Logically speaking, we could switch to another standard, whether it be gold, silver, or something actually tangible. Once we do that, then we might have a shot at making a difference. Either that, or the world will have to declare bankruptcy. And we all know that that's not going to happen. So, the best we can do is to try and find a way to get our representatives to understand that we don't like the Credit system, and to abolish it in favor of something that works.
TheBorg
Originally posted by Rockpuck
We HAVE TO HAVE credit in America.. the average cost of anything we buy from clothes to TV's to hell, food, is so damn expensive it far out paces our actual wages. Hence why America's average account is actually negative, and the only time that has happened was during the great depression.
Houses should not be 500k, they should never be so expensive that only 5% of the country actually makes enough to buy a house outright within a few years of savings.