Saving and paying with cash is one option.

I would just like to say to Senator Elizabeth Warren: "You Go Girl!"

If there is one thing I've learned about paying off debt, it is this: know how much you owe.  For 9 years I had an estimated number of how much I borrowed for my college education.  I can tell you with absolute certainty that while figuring out the exact number was temporarily depressing, it motivated me to get to work...more

Same here.  If the flight isn't international, I find every other, legal way I can to get to where I'm going.   The airlines market a "better" flight by pushing their credit cards on me, but I say why go into debt just to receive a couple of perks that used to be standard?

As far as I know (and I don't know much), your credit score is based solely on debt.  The score does not factor in your wages, i.e. if you have never borrowed money from any credit giving business, you have no credit score or credit report.   The credit sore/FICO score is made up of how much debt you have, what kinds...more

I don't care what anyone says, I'm getting out of debt (even if it takes me a looong time).

Dear Jason Notte, you might want to fix the typos in paragraph 4, 1st sentence: chattel to cattle and paragraph 6, last sentence: tranfer to transfer.

Prostitution is illegal in Vegas.  Prostitution is legal in Nevada, except Storey County and Clark County (where Vegas is).  I know, cuz I live there.

I think it would be better if responsible, personal finances were taught in school.  And while I don't want to shove more parental responsibility on the education system, something progressive needs to be done about how, we as Americans, earn money and spend money.  We can't all be on welfare.  We can't all declare ban...more