Take a look at this study. This guy believes that over-consumption is more responsible for personal bankruptcies than anything else. He acknowledges that medical costs play a significant role, but he argues that over-consumption on durable goods such as homes and automobiles leaves people unable to cope with even minor disruptions in their financial lives:
http://www.gsm.ucdavis.edu/uploadedFiles/Faculty/Directory_and_Profiles/personal_bank.pdf On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Judah Mc wrote: > So where do you > get your contention that it is not the biggest cause by a long way? > Any actual facts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:291006 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
