Thread: ~They may assassinate me for this...~

As for Ron Paul being radical, he is only radical when comparing him to other people running

Oh, I'm not saying he's radical. I meant the change in the system - a bit drastic compared to what we're used to.

Don't spend money you don't have... or just get a DEBIT card

Yep, I've been trying to do that. However, it depends on who I'm purchasing from. I don't like exposing my bank account info for online purchases and stuff.

Building credit means good things.

Credit is just another vice that can be used to manipulate people. People's lives have been devistated by identity theft. You can go from good upstanding citizen to being treated like a fraud or criminal simply by your credit history. Very sensitive information about us is nothing more than ones and zeros in a computer. Anyobe with access to those bits and bytes has you by the balls.

Anyone remember a show back in the 80's called Max Headroom? Semi-cheesy futuristic show. In one of the episodes (#4) the main character's record is updated by the government in order to have him caught so as not to expose a scandal. When his boss finds out what they charged him with "credit fraud" he replies "my God... that's worse than murder." I thought that was sooooo stupid back then - now it sort of makes sense.