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Comment #333

2006-05-16T10:05:05Z

Do come back, Melinda! We'd love to have another persepective represented here.

Comment #332

2006-05-16T04:43:28Z

It is interesting to read comments by people living in the U.S. I may come back to hear about "real life", as the sources I have typically used don't reflect what life is like for real people.

I don't realize how differently I think than the folks I grew up with or went to college with.

I rarely ask the cost of medical or auto procedures, knowing they will be soooo much less than a similar one in the U.S.

Comment #331

2006-05-15T00:35:51Z

Update: Porter determined that what the mechanic called "a chunk out of the tire" was actually belt separation. We took the car to Sears for two new tires, putting the new on the front and rotating the front to the back. We also had them do an alignment. They said everything else looked fine. Cost? About $270, as opposed to the $790 the first place wanted to charge. We had been happy with that place before, but they are under new management and I guess we won't be going back any time soon. And the car? Driving is smooth as silk, better than it's been in a long time.

Comment #330

2006-05-13T00:21:51Z

As if college loans weren't enough to make life difficult for graduates. It's astonishing how much of what colleges call "financial aid" is really loans, and the student doesn't typically realize how much debt he's amassing. Then suddenly he graduates and reality strikes, just as with credit cards, albeit at a much lower interest rate.

Comment #329

2006-05-12T22:47:54Z

And to make matters worse, credit card companies thrive on college students who easily sign-up for cards in exchange for free food, clothing and more.

I drive past FSU twice daily and often see signs up at local businesses advertising free products and services to students with FSU, TCC or FAMU identification cards. Hook. Once inside, the college-aged person with the free goodies expounds the greatness of credit cards; understood to mean "free money" by the students, of course. Line. When they do run up the bill and discover they cannot pay it, their credit is damaged for a long time and they become another debtor. Sinker. While students across the country become indebted to the credit card companies for life (considering if one made only the minimum payment continuously), they sit back and make record profits.

Wow, I think I just talked myself into starting a credit card company!