Comments on: The end of personal financial responsibility

By: Matt Jabs

Matt Jabs — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:23:04 +0000

Sounds like we share the exact same point of view! Thanks for this.

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By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:48:53 +0000

I absolutely agree with this 100%. I liken our situation to a dysfunctional family. The drunk/addict is the first to cast blame – “if only you didn’t (fill the blank), I wouldn’t drink or use. It is all your fault.” The other family members tiptoe around the d/a and then try to fix the errant family member. Late for work due to a hangover? Other family members call the boss. Ad nauseum. As a nation, we are enablers of those who make bad choices. Worse, we believe it is our fault (or some do anyway) and continue to enable bad behavior by “bail outs” or bankruptcy or whatever. This starts in the family and extends outward to the nation. We simply must take responsibility for our behavior, our bad choices and suffer the consequences. Until we do that, it will only get worse. Like the drunk/addict, perhaps our nation will hit bottom. It won’t be pretty when it happens.

By: Larry Mitchel

Larry Mitchel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:44:26 +0000

Thanks so much for all of your kind words! I believe that we all need to start speaking up about how we’d like to to solve our own problems (and encourage our neighbors to do the same.) Government help and bailouts should be a very last resort, not the first place you look to for help.

By: IM4GIVENANDBLESSED

IM4GIVENANDBLESSED — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:42:45 +0000

AMEN AND AMEN!!!!! This is a great post and soooo very true!! I enjoy christianpf.com…keep up the good work!

By: Monica

Monica — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:41:00 +0000

I am so glad that I’m not the only one with this mindset. Even before the economy went south, I saw people that at one time I called friends abusing the system with the mentality that they were “owed” something by the government. Some of them are still doing it.

Although I do believe some people were persuaded to do things that they shouldn’t have done, especially in terms of mortgages, there were many decisions made by automakers and within the housing market that should have been thought out thoroughly before they pursued those courses of action. Now I, my children and possibly my children’s children will be paying for these bad business decisions for years to come.

God bless America, and please grant us the wisdom to make better choices, not only for ourselves, but also for our brothers and sisters.

By: sheila

sheila — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:58:33 +0000

AMEN!!!!!!! We will all stand before God and account for what we did with the resources He gave us. We will not account for our government, our parents or our friends…only ourselves. Definitely keeps me from blaming others for any bad decisions I have made/will make.

By: Atlas@mymoneyshrugged

Atlas@mymoneyshrugged — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 01:39:01 +0000

Wow what a great post! I am with you on that somewhere along the way the mindset of Americans have changed. We got ourselves into this mess along with the government. It is time each and everyone of us do our part and its time for the government to stay out of the free market and let businesses fail and people to fail. You only learn by failing, no one ever gets it right the first time without taking some bumps and bruises along the way. The real beauty of capitalism is that it allows people and businesses achieve great success, but only because it also allows them to fail.

Also a quote from Jim Rogers “If you look to Obama and the government for investing advice, you will go bankrupt.”

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