posteryoyo wrote: And then show the people when it is right to borrow money and how to do a budget/math.
Wow, does that include showing people how to do budgets and math that are appropriate for their incomes and years of unblemished credit histories and then somehow knowing how to see into the future 10-20 years and knowing in advance that they may have medical catastrophes that arise, or job-losses they couldn't have foreseen? That would be a wonderful course.
posteryoyo wrote: And then show the people when it is right to borrow money and how to do a budget/math.
Wow, does that include showing people how to do budgets and math that are appropriate for their incomes and years of unblemished credit histories and then somehow knowing how to see into the future 10-20 years and knowing in advance that they may have medical catastrophes that arise, or job-losses they couldn't have foreseen? That would be a wonderful course.
posteryoyo wrote: And then show the people when it is right to borrow money and how to do a budget/math.
Wow, does that include showing people how to do budgets and math that are appropriate for their incomes and years of unblemished credit histories and then somehow knowing how to see into the future 10-20 years and knowing in advance that they may have medical catastrophes that arise, or job-losses they couldn't have foreseen? That would be a wonderful course.
Well you see... nobody was suggesting that there was some sort of miracle prophetic schooling that could cover every instance of financial complications in their lives. But of course... you have this habit of making crap up from nothing, presenting like it was some stated fact and then tearing it down. I think that's called a straw man... or in your case a straw-person since we need to consider gender equality around you.
Anyway... what PosterYoYo was actually suggesting was that consumers should be afforded the opportunity to enlighten themselves on some of the general principles of money management. I know child after child who come out of high school and they have not even received any instruction on how to fill out a check or balance a checkbook. Much of the home economics and basic math instructions was traditional in past school curriculums is missing from our "socially enlightened" public schools now a days. And there is nothing wrong with affording adults additional training in economics if they feel they need it. Our government printing office is always preparing guides to this and that, and I suspect that this sort of material may already be available.
Then again, some people would rather the have the government totally responsible for a cradle to grave existence, which I think you would like better. Damned if we try to make a citizen self sufficient and self sustainable.
