{"id":362,"date":"2008-11-14T06:56:16","date_gmt":"2008-11-14T14:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/?p=362"},"modified":"2008-11-14T06:56:16","modified_gmt":"2008-11-14T14:56:16","slug":"debt-is-baaaaad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mike.peay.us\/blog\/archives\/362","title":{"rendered":"Debt is Baaaaad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Becky<\/a> and I have been really getting into the concept of living within your means and getting debt free. We are currently doing the Financial Peace University<\/a> program with others from our church<\/a> and have been listening to Dave Ramsey<\/a> for a few years now.<\/p>\n

I ran across this YouTube video from the movie “I.O.U.S.A.<\/a>” which goes into detail how our country and, more specifically, our government, has been engaged in the “spend now-save never” mentality. It does a good job avoiding party finger pointing as the problem really is a universal one and more complex than party politics.<\/p>\n

Below is a 30 minute abridged version of the fuller movie. Watch it.<\/p>\n

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