Comments on: Social Pressures To Spend your Money http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/ Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:23:49 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Where Exactly Is The “Pressure” To Spend? http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13422 Where Exactly Is The “Pressure” To Spend? Thu, 27 Sep 2007 14:44:10 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-13422 [...] According to Matt at One Million and Beyond: The pressure to keep up with the proverbial Jones’ is in my opinion so strong in our society is hamstrings us financially from a young age. [...] [...] According to Matt at One Million and Beyond: The pressure to keep up with the proverbial Jones’ is in my opinion so strong in our society is hamstrings us financially from a young age. [...]

]]> By: Carnival of Personal Finance #119 - Blunt Money http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-13126 Carnival of Personal Finance #119 - Blunt Money Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:05:56 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-13126 [...] One Million and Beyond presents Social Pressures to Spend your Money. The pressure to keep up with the proverbial Jones’ is so strong in our society that it hamstrings us financially from a young age. [...] [...] One Million and Beyond presents Social Pressures to Spend your Money. The pressure to keep up with the proverbial Jones’ is so strong in our society that it hamstrings us financially from a young age. [...]

]]> By: Liz http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12631 Liz Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-12631 Have you ever seen "Cribs" on MTV. That for me is the best show to train you away from conspicuous consumption. You see the closets full of boxes of shoes, and the backyard turned water park, and you know that star doesn't have selling power and the water park is going to be dry in another year... LOL Have you ever seen “Cribs” on MTV. That for me is the best show to train you away from conspicuous consumption. You see the closets full of boxes of shoes, and the backyard turned water park, and you know that star doesn’t have selling power and the water park is going to be dry in another year… LOL

]]> By: Golbguru http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12627 Golbguru Tue, 18 Sep 2007 17:09:45 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-12627 Ah.. it's almost like you stole my thoughts! :) I have a post brewing on this subject and it should be out in a couple of days. Hopefully, it will have another angle to tackle. Good job with this post. Ah.. it’s almost like you stole my thoughts! :) I have a post brewing on this subject and it should be out in a couple of days. Hopefully, it will have another angle to tackle.

Good job with this post.

]]> By: Shelby Crutchley http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12566 Shelby Crutchley Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:50:05 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-12566 Honestly, I couldn't agree with you more. I just discovered your blog, and my fiancee and I have a similar goal to "have gainful employment be optional" by the time we reach 35. Right now we are up to our ears in paying down the debt we accumulated while dating 1100 miles apart. He has a blog at <a href="http://www.thegrumpstump.com" rel="nofollow">The Grumpstump</a> and I wrote a lens on <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/mvelopes" rel="nofollow">Squidoo</a> (under his name) about the budgeting software we're using to get to our goals. Good luck and I look forward to reading this in the future! Honestly, I couldn’t agree with you more. I just discovered your blog, and my fiancee and I have a similar goal to “have gainful employment be optional” by the time we reach 35. Right now we are up to our ears in paying down the debt we accumulated while dating 1100 miles apart. He has a blog at The Grumpstump and I wrote a lens on Squidoo (under his name) about the budgeting software we’re using to get to our goals. Good luck and I look forward to reading this in the future!

]]> By: January http://onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/17/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/comment-page-1/#comment-12549 January Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:02:42 +0000 http://www.onemillionandbeyond.com/blog/2007/09/16/social-pressures-to-spend-your-money/#comment-12549 Your society is not the only one being pressured daily to buy one thing or the other and pay later. Recently, banks within Nigeria have introduced the credit card, all kinds of consumer loans aimed at inducing the public to satisfy their urge regarding the latest plasma screen TV and all kinds of luxury cars, with the assurance that they can pay later. However, there's one question I've always meant to ask you. It's regarding student loans. How come in the western world, prospective students need a loan to go to school? Why do they end up with a huge amount plus interest in terms of the loan figure they have to pay back? Here in Nigeria, parents are largely responsible for their ward's education, from primary through to the university.Upon graduation, you're expected to start working so that you can live a comfortable life. In other words, our own students are practically debt free. Your society is not the only one being pressured daily to buy one thing or the other and pay later. Recently, banks within Nigeria have introduced the credit card, all kinds of consumer loans aimed at inducing the public to satisfy their urge regarding the latest plasma screen TV and all kinds of luxury cars, with the assurance that they can pay later. However, there’s one question I’ve always meant to ask you. It’s regarding student loans. How come in the western world, prospective students need a loan to go to school? Why do they end up with a huge amount plus interest in terms of the loan figure they have to pay back? Here in Nigeria, parents are largely responsible for their ward’s education, from primary through to the university.Upon graduation, you’re expected to start working so that you can live a comfortable life. In other words, our own students are practically debt free.

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