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Hearing Her
Speak
By Mona Lease
Hi, all!!! She told me she thought all of our problems in society today
were because we have too much money...or...access to too much money.
She said you have a job. You can get as many credit cards as you
like...as long as you keep making the minimum payment...which covers
the interest and $2 or $3 dollars to the principal. You are never
really going to save any money. Even if you have money in the bank...in
theory...you are losing money.
Credit cards have an interest rate of 7-26.5%. Most savings accounts
are currently paying less than 0.3% interest.
Even so...we, as a people...still order online...go to retail
stores...and "shop til we drop"...using credit cards. And still we're
not happy. Still we get sick. Still our children turn to drugs and some
"friend" on the internet.
She told me to look...really look. If you have credit cards...are
making payments to Sears, Fingerhut, etc...add up all of these interest
rates.
Make it easy here. If you have 5 accounts you are paying interest on
and each interest rate is 20%...that's 100% interest you are paying. If
you have money in a savings account...that is paying you 3%
interest...you are in the hole 97%. And still...few people are happy.
In theory...there's too much money.
She told me that she knew a woman who lived like this. She ended up
paying all of her debt and getting out of the "interest shell game." At
the time though, the woman bought things to make the home more
comfortable...to make it nicer. She said her family did not even have
to be sick!
She told me that this woman told her that all of this did not help
anything...at all.
Her husband still cheated on her...openly....with a woman that was his
wife's friend. The wife had helped out this friend! Many, many people
knew the wife...knew the man to whom she was married..by sight, if not
by name. Soon...everyone knew the "whole story."
She told me it's all a money world. And a numbers world. There are
sites on the internet ...for a fee...that allow you to trace license
plate numbers of vehicles. (It's true...I tried it.). There are sites
on the internet (for a fee) that allow you track a person's entire
history...criminal, credit rating, traffic, real estate, and such. We
have too much money...or access to too much money.
There was (might still be) a site on the internet to our Darke County
Courts...which was free. There, you can type in a name and...Voila!!
Every court document..every court appearance...every traffic
ticket...every fine...it's all there. This is all a matter of public
record. You can go to the actual court house and view these "hard
copies."
It's free on the internet for local stuff. If you search nationwide,
you are paying someone (who set up the program) to connect you with
courts across the USA. She said she thinks this has made us all
paranoid. When the caller ID on our phone does not give us an incoming
call number...most people wonder who it was. What did they want? Was it
a bill collector...collection agency? They search their memory for
answers. Did they say the wrong thing to someone and now that person is
playing games with them? (I've actually heard this one for myself.).
She said she thinks this (technology) all feeds our "have to know"
appetite.
She said that our "need to know" and our "have to be in style" are
going to be the ruination of us.
She said to think. We have kiddies/young adults who are using heroin
(right now). They are our next voters...our next law makers...our next
"ruling body" over health care and health care facilities. She asks why
they (future voting kiddies) would care.
They (kiddies/young adults) watched adults have "real money"..."plastic
money"...and "invisible money" (credit accounts with JC Penney's, etc.
You order online...it's all numbers.)
She wonders if the kiddies watch this and think they got "bought off"
with what was the "in thing" at the time.
She wonders if any kiddie ever tried to tell a parent they just wanted
time with their parent....time to voice their opinion to see what it
sounded like "out loud"...without the parent chiding, tsking, or saying
it was silly.
I just said...WOW.
Remember the kiddies and our service people. Take good care of the
furry and feathered ones out there. Be safe and healthy. See ya next
time. Ever Toodles!!! MONA
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