Brad Hicks' Blog

We complain because spending money on the necessities, like gas and food, limits our disposable income for the "nice to haves", like computers. How many of those people were paying cash? Our society has gotten very addicted to using plastic for extras, that may not be affordable, especially when paying 15-23% interest on them. Alot of college age kids are required to have computers for classwork.

credit cards credit cards credit cards!

........we're all in deep-plastic-card debt.

it's just that as americans if we want something bad enough...... we just do it........take this scenario for instance,
a hard-working couple desires an experience like---

"buying clothes, a new car, a nice hawaiian vacation, disney world with the kids, gambling at a riverboat casino, or a new harley motorbike..."

--- experiences that we call fun

we use money that isn't there to get these experiences... we use money that we DON'T HAVE........or money that belongs to a bank...charging outlandish rates......, yet all you see on the atm screen is numbers.....pixels on a screen...

we have no real value of MONEY!....so we spend as a society to make ourselves feel good.....if only temporarily. ---GOOD BLOG Mr BRAD HICKS

Basher, would you please quit your ranting about the Harley issue???? It's starting to get stale real quick!

It's sad but true Brad. This is a country of people who want, want, want. How many people today actually have a savings account? Pay in cash? They start jamming those spending ethics down your throat as soon as you enroll in college with all the "fantastic" credit card offers they throw your way. If only people would live within their means this country wouldn't be taking a nose dive. Parents, teach your children well.

I think it's just the pleasure we can afford. With everything as high as it is, there is only so much we can spend until the next pay day after bills are paid off first or if we just have secondary money to do with whatever.

You guys who have been around longer than I have had probably already experienced this before almost 20 years ago. I don't know if it was worse than what we are in now. I don't know if it was just as bad as the one back then. I don't know if it's worse now than it was back then.

It's like the old saying goes, "if you ain't got the money, things aren't meant for you to have". Now in this new term, I like to think of it as, "If you don't have enough money, you have to wait till you get some extra money".

Every now and then, it's OK to treat yourself to something when you're feeling sad or depressed or if you just have money burning a whole in your pockets in these "tough times" as we Americans call it.

Sometimes, you have to think twice about what you spend your money on because as I've been taught many times about money, "there is a difference between "WANT" and "NEED"".

I don't want to or need to explain, because everyone knows what that means. In the end, it's all about saving or spending wisely.

Ever sence we filed bankruptcy, we use cash only. If we don't have money for something, we go without. We are now getting back on our feet a little bit. We are pending Social Security for my husband. (old war wound) "how ever it's spelled".

Hey!....low blow Bryan, i've got a beer in my hand,.....and a cigarette in my mouth right now! LOL

I think I need to raise my high waters because someone is shoveling out a lot of sh@t. Does it make someone feel better to lie and embellish things in their life? I think it just made them look like a sad fool.

Yesterday I bought an island on line and paid cash! Oh wait, just dreaming for a minute there.

Remember hearing about the Great Depression in the 1930's?

Which businesses flourished although no one had any money?

Movie theatres, beauty shops and taverns.

I guess if you're a manager at Mc Donalds...it might be hard to believe.