There is that constant of purchasing more than you can afford. Greed for more than one deserves and grasping for that higher rung will kill more often than pay off.
Does one really need that shiny new car? the huge plasma HDTV? An RV and ATV? The huge home to hold it all? The fastest, biggest, best, newest, greatest, shiniest? All this does is perpetuate our dependence on china to supply more crap that will end up in a land fill. At what point does alot become enough? clay On 1 Aug 2008, at 06:30, Tom Hargrave wrote: > Bad things happen to good people and loosing a house or having to > sell a > house for less than you owe can be one of the consequences. But > don't blame > the housing market for your friend's job loss. They bought the house & > committed to the note. And more often than not, there are signs of > financial > distress or sweeping changes that Employees choose to ignore. It's > easier to > just keep spending money! > > My Sister in-law & her husband were forced to move to St. Louis to > keep > their jobs with Chrysler. They lost their house, not because of the > recent > housing market downturn, but because they bought more house than > they could > afford. Now they are looking at another forced move because of the > truck > plant slowdown and are facing the loss of yet another house that > they had no > business buying. See a pattern here? > > You never hear me complain on the list but we have a split > household because > of my Wife's forced job move. She works for Chrysler in Wisconsin & > I work > in Alabama. Last time I looked, the split household was costing us > about 17K > EXTRA a year and we are committed to this for 8 years total, with 4 > years to > go. Loosing a house would have been less painful and cheaper! > > Thanks, > Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > 256-656-1924 > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com