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1StrongBlackMan

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2. Actually, the household analogy would be ...

Reply to bigapple1963 (Reply #1)

Mon Jan 14, 2013, 12:14 PM

Jan 2013

to stop using the credit card and (promising) to cut FUTURE spending, while refusing to pay for the stuff that maxed out the credit cards, in the first place.

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Imagine If Everyday Americans Handled Debt Like House Republicans - Solidarity! [View all] TomCADem Jan 2013 OP

not quite the same bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #1

Actually, the household analogy would be ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #2

ok bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #3

No, the household analogy would be to ignore other obligations... TomCADem Jan 2013 #4

depends on what you mean obligations bigapple1963 Jan 2013 #5

Except That Congress Has Not Taken Social Security Away TomCADem Jan 2013 #6