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Donna Freedman of MSN’s Smart Spending blog linked to a comment I made over at Pinching Copper: There Are No Victims In The Housing Bust. You’ll see that I am really passionate about the topics around the recent sub prime mortgage meltdown. I don’t think ONE person is to blame but I think all parties hold a certain level of responsibility. Still, I think the banks should have known better than to offer up such loans in the first place. Feel free to take a gander around the site and contact me if you have any questions or leave a comment.
Trent, at The Simple Dollar and JD at Get Rich Slowly linked my article 8 Frugal and Cost Cutting Tips for the Newly Independent. Trent added “A ninth tip goes along well here: swallow your pride a little. It’s easy to get caught up in the idea that you need to have the best of everything. You don’t.” I thought long and hard about that one and I agree. I’ll follow up with a post about it in a few days because so many times we think we have to have the best of everything when in fact we don’t. This is coming from someone who just recently lusted over a $3,000/month apartment with all the bells and whistles.
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I’m glad you guys passed on the apartment. Smart move!
I was so excited to see your name at Get Rich Slowly! you are becoming famous!
Congrats!
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How come no one mentions the Feds as being responsible for the bust if they hadn’t raised rates too fast and too high the resets on the arms wouldn’t have caused so many defaults.
I’m excited about your blog.. Always coming up with great posts
I’m loving it. – RichStudent
Hi Ginger,
Just wanted to point out, belatedly, that it was actually my colleague Karen Datko who linked to your “no victims” piece.
Thanks for mentioning us!
Best regards,
Donna Freedman
I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you down the road!
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That's a great article! Lately I've noticed that I'm paying much closer attention to how my money is spent, and there are so many things that really aren't necessary expenses.
Me too Tim, i'm being much more frugal with my money than I was last year. When you start being more careful its amazing how much you ralise you were wasting on silly things!
i Agree totally can't just blame the banks but at the end of the day we all take advice from so called experts and if this advice drops us in it then who can we blame?
Frugal – the watchword of the new world order! To think our parents used to always do things that way anyway…!
I located your blog on google and really appreciate your posts. I have added you to my Google News Reader. I really look forward to reading more posts from you.
I am watching our spending a lot these days, we did not travel at all yet this year. Thanks for the posts!
Hmmm… As a relative beginner to photographry I often feel swamped by the amount of information I still have to learn. However, the more i read, the better a photographer i become. Thanks for helping me along.
what a great post, i like it
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I guess this is going to become less actual because of the world financial depression, what do you think?
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