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He paid for his tractor-tire repair with a check, painstakingly filling in the blanks with cramped penmanship and signing it with his characteristic, if undecipherable signature. I thanked him as he shoved the worn leather wallet inside the pocket of his patched carhart jacket, and then returned to my work, expecting him to do the same. Instead, he lingered….and I knew he wanted to talk.
“Things are getting bad out there.” he said, pausing to glance out the office window at a sky dirty with sand and windborne corn husks. “Yep, things are really getting bad”.
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- Student Debt
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As a business professor, it has been very disconcerting to see students end college with a mountain of debt. Sure, we hear a great deal about the rise in tuition for college education, and the student loan debt-load that graduates end school with. But we hear little about the other debt. For the most part, my interaction with students suggest they enjoy good lives, and seem to serve their needs very well (or somewhat well, depending on the student) for entertainment, clothing, and various other instant gratifiers—and much of this is paid for by credit cards. [Read more →]
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Recently, I have been watching Dave Ramsey on the Fox Business channel. In the program, people call in with their issues, and he gives them a roadmap to get out of debt and achieve their goals. He is simple and straight forward, and is not condescending. He also offers a book and workbooks that might be very useful. [Read more →]
