2013년 11월 26일 화요일

About 'selling debt'|Five church properties sold, debt erased for Anglican Diocese of B.C.







About 'selling debt'|Five church properties sold, debt erased for Anglican Diocese of B.C.








Back               in               the               good               ol'               trailer               park               days               of               the               '90s,               my               wife               and               I               toook               evening               walks               together               through               our               neighborhood.

On               one               particular               night,               we               noticed               a               few               things               about               our               neighbors,               the               ones               who               often               complained               about               how               they'd               always               be               stuck               in               the               trailer               park.

From               the               road,               you               could               see               giant,               big-screen               TVs               through               almost               every               window.

Brand-new               Mustangs               sat               gleaming               in               several               driveways,               with               35-foot               Sea               Ray               boats               alongside               48-foot               mobile               homes.

We               both               agreed               that               many               of               our               neighbors,               who               often               made               fun               of               my               old               '88               Chevy               Celebrity               wagon               (A.K.A.

"The               Dragon               Wagon")               that               was               four               different               colors               (including               rust),               had               basically               doomed               themselves               to               permanent               residency               in               their               oversized               sardine               cans.

They               bitched               constantly               about               how               they               were               never               gonna               get               out               of               Grand               Oaks,               yet               they               had               financed               themselves               up               to               their               eyeballs               just               so               they               could               have               nicer               toys               than               everyone               else.
               The               most-heavily               marketed               consumer               product               in               America               is               debt.

The               average               American               has               more               than               $10,000               in               consumer               debt               annually,               and               some               families               are               in               as               deep               as               $100,000.

According               to               a               recent               USA               Today               article,               78%               of               Baby               Boomers               have               mortgage               debt,               59%               have               credit               card               debt,               and               56%               have               car               payments               too               big               for               their               budget.

That               is               the               reason               so               many               Americans               have               no               emergency               fund,               and               are               two               paychecks               away               from               foreclosure.

This               fiscal               irresponsibility               is               but               a               symptom               of               a               much               deeper               problem               among               American               households.
               The               Root               Causes               of               Excessive               Debt
               Lack               of               discipline               is               a               serious               problem               among               Americans.

The               concept               of               "delayed               gratification"               totally               escapes               them.

Like               spoiled               children,               when               they               see               something               they               want,               they               have               to               have               it               right               away,               even               if               they               end               up               paying               for               it               three               times               over,               thanks               to               credit               card               interest               rates               that               can               only               be               described               as               usury.

Half               the               time,               the               things               they               wanted               so               badly               in               the               beginning               become               old,               broken,               or               obsolete               years               before               they               are               even               paid               off.
               It               is               a               fact               that               the               average               family               will               experience               at               least               one               huge               negative               financial               event               every               five               years.

When               a               family               over-extends               themselves               financially,               it               leaves               them               little               room               for               error.

When               the               inevitable               layoff               or               factory               shutdown               occurs,               or               that               major               medical               emergency               eventually               happens,               they               find               themselves               stuck.

They               are               hounded               by               ruthless               debt               collectors,               suffer               the               indignity               of               foreclosures,               wage               garnishments,               repossessions,               and               sometimes               even               have               to               declare               bankruptcy,               which               the               credit               industry               has               successfully               lobbied               Congress               to               make               it               harder               for               Americans               to               do               after               having               convinced               them               to               borrow               more               money.
               Debt               effectively               enslaves               not               just               the               borrower,               but               also               his               or               her               family,               because               they               must               live               under               the               stress               brought               on               by               the               debt               as               well.

According               to               Proverbs               22:7,               "The               rich               rule               over               the               poor,               and               the               borrower               is               the               slave               of               the               lender"               (NRSV).

It               was               true               several               millennia               ago,               and               will               be               true               until               the               end               of               time.

As               long               as               you               owe               someone               money,               they               literally               own               you               like               a               slave.
               Dirty               Tactics               Used               to               Insure               Continued               Servitude
               Back               in               medieval               Europe,               the               feudal               system               ensured               that               the               thralls               (or               serfs)               stayed               in               debt               to               their               landlords.

These               indentured               servants               worked               under               the               notion               that               they               would               pay               off               their               debtors               and               earn               their               freedom.

Many               times,               just               when               these               thralls               were               on               the               brink               of               paying               their               ransom               in               full,               their               debtors               offered               them               a               nice               new               mule,               or               some               new               clothes               or               maybe               some               furniture.

They               wanted               some               nice               new               things,               of               course,               and               would               extend               their               time               in               chains               to               pay               for               them.
               This               became               a               vicious               circle               with               many               serfs,               and               some               never               lived               long               enough               to               see               freedom.

If               they               died               with               debt,               their               families               were               left               to               work               it               off;               some               debt               going               back               so               many               generations,               the               family               would               never               pay               their               debtors               off.

Then               there               were               debtor's               prisons               where               entire               families               were               enslaved               until               a               debt               was               paid.

Although               these               loan               shark               tactics               have               long               since               been               outlawed,               modern               credit               card               companies               use               similar               tactics               to               enslave               Americans               financially,               first               by               enticing               them               with               low               introductory               rates,               then               by               keeping               them               captive               with               penalties,               rate               hikes,               and               hidden               costs               not               revealed               to               them               in               the               beginning.
               Read               the               Fine               Print
               Yes,               the               law               says               that               credit               card               companies               have               to               reveal               everything               about               the               terms               in               the               fine               print,               but               half               the               time,               you               have               to               be               a               lawyer               to               understand               them.

Sometimes               all               it               takes               is               an               "and"               in               place               of               an               "or"               to               change               the               meaning               of               a               clause.

I               consider               myself               to               be               of               at               least               average               intelligence,               and               I               never               sign               anything               before               reading               it               thoroughly,               but               I               have               been               hoodwinked               by               a               misleading               sentence               in               a               contract               that               I               swore               up               and               down               that               I               fully               understood.
               Pay               attention               to               the               color               of               the               fine               print               as               well.

It               is               not               dark,               jet               black               on               bright               white               paper,               but               rather               very               light               silver               on               canary,               cream,               or               pink               paper.

This               is               purposely               done               to               induce               eyeball               fatigue               faster,               and               make               you               tire               of               reading               any               further,               or               to               confuse               the               stubborn               readers               like               myself.

I               have               learned               the               hard               way;               if               the               fine               print               on               a               financial               contract               is               even               the               least               bit               vague               to               you,               DO               NOT               SIGN               IT.
               Basic               Credit               Traps
               Everywhere               you               go,               there               are               people               enticing               you               to               apply               for               credit               with               giveaways,               incentive               bonuses,               and               ridiculously               low               introductory               rates.

You               cannot               go               through               a               checkout               line               at               Target               with               even               a               tin               of               Altiods               without               the               cashier               trying               to               get               you               to               apply               for               a               Target               credit               card.

If               you               decline,               then               they               get               pushier,               trying               to               lure               you               in               with               the               promise               of               an               immediate               ten               percent               discount               for               doing               so.
               Every               week,               my               mailbox               contains               at               least               one               offer               of               0%               APR               from               a               major               credit               card               company.

I               have               learned               my               lesson               after               getting               burned               by               Citi;               a               12               month               APR               of               0%               being               switched               after               my               very               first               purchase               to               almost               25%!

They               claimed               that               the               0%               was               only               good               if               I               charged               up               to               the               limit               of               $5,000,               which               I               do               not               remember               reading.

Upon               consultation               with               an               attorney,               I               had               the               vaguely               worded               clause               in               the               contract               pointed               out               to               me,               which               gave               me               no               choice,               but               to               scrape               together               what               I               owed,               pay               it               off               completely,               and               close               the               account.

That               was               the               bad               batch               of               heroin               that               made               me               swear               off               that               garbage               forever.
               To               this               day,               I               have               credit               card               companies               trying               like               hell               to               ruin               our               hard-won               credit               rating               by               getting               us               hooked               into               the               never-ending               cycle               of               bogus               fees,               rate               increases,               and               penalties.

If               I               were               to               lend               money               to               others               employing               these               methods,               they'd               call               me               a               loan               shark,               and               lock               me               up!
               High-risk               (Sub-Prime)               Lending
               Did               you               ever               wonder               why               there               have               been               a               record               number               of               foreclosures               and               bankruptcies               in               America               lately?

It               is               because               the               lending               industry               has               been               lending               money               to               folks               who               had               no               business               borrowing               money               in               the               first               place.

In               a               practice               known               as               "predatory               lending",               people               with               very               small               incomes,               bad               credit               ratings               and               former               bankruptcies               are               tricked               into               believing               the               credit               companies               are               doing               them               favors               by               giving               them               low-payment,               high-interest               loans.
               The               truth               is,               that               many               consumers               cannot               see               past               the               low               monthly               payments,               and               do               not               realize               (or               care)               that               they               are               paying               interest               payments               as               high               as               29.99%               in               some               jurisdictions.

Also,               there               are               other               credit               traps               for               these               hapless               borrowers,               such               as               balloon               payments,               where               in               the               final               payment,               the               consumer               is               forced               to               come               up               with               a               large               chunk,               usually               10%,               of               the               loan's               principle.

When               they               cannot,               they               get               foreclosed               upon,               and               the               item               in               default               gets               repossessed.
               Adjustable               rates               are               another               bad               move               made               by               high-risk               borrowers               who               "just               gotta               have               a               house".

This               is               the               biggest               reason               for               the               recent               wave               of               foreclosures               and               the               current               real               estate               bust.

Many               could               not               refinance               to               a               low-interest,               fixed-rate               loan               because               of               low               incomes               or               bad               credit               histories.

The               truth               is               that               these               folks               never               should               have               been               given               these               loans               in               the               first               place.

The               lenders               were               quite               aware               of               this               fact,               and               let               these               families               borrow               anyway,               knowing               they'd               soon               be               foreclosed               upon.

It               is               classic               predatory               business               tactics,               pure               and               simple.
               Fresh               Meat               for               the               Machine
               Perhaps               the               most               evil               tactic               that               lending               companies               use               is               the               one               which               ruins               the               financial               lives               of               young               people               before               they               even               get               started.

They               set               up               kiosks               and               booths               on               college               campuses,               and               get               students               to               sign               up               for               credit               cards               when               most               don't               even               have               jobs               yet.

They               entice               them               with               free               gifts,               such               as               Frisbees,               T-shirts,               pizzas,               and               other               spiffs.
               This               is               done               with               the               blessings               of               the               universities,               who               are,               of               course,               making               lots               of               money               off               of               this               sweetheart               deal.

Part               of               the               universities'               purpose               is               to               protect               students               as               they               ready               them               for               the               cold,               cruel,               dog-eat-dog               world.

It               seems               their               insatiable               lust               for               more               money               has               clouded               their               judgment               enough               to               give               these               foxes               the               keys               to               the               chicken               coop.
               Part               of               the               blame               goes               to               the               parents               of               these               students.

While               some               may               warn               their               chickadees               against               the               evils               of               alcohol,               drugs,               venereal               disease,               and               the               usual               members               of               the               rogues               gallery,               they               not               only               neglect               to               warn               them               of               this               life-ruining               boogeyman,               but               also               probably               set               very               bad               examples               themselves.

Many               of               these               kids               spent               the               last               eighteen               years               watching               mommy               and               daddy               pay               for               everything               with               plastic,               without               ever               seeing               the               never-ending               parade               of               bills               and               late               fees               streaming               through               the               mailbox.
               There               is               no               more               evil               deed               to               commit               against               a               young               person               who               is               just               starting               out               in               life.

Many               will               be               a               slave               to               Sallie               Mae               for               many               years               after               graduation,               so               any               university               who               would               allow               these               sharks               access               to               their               students               is               dirty,               crooked,               and               ought               to               be               ashamed.

It               would               be               in               parent's               best               interest               to               not               send               their               kids               to               any               college               who               participates               in               this               evil               ruse.
               Breaking               Your               Chains               Forever
               Debt               is               a               whole               lot               like               drugs;               it               is               best               never               to               get               involved               with               it               in               the               first               place.

If               you               have               gotten               in               too               deep,               however,               there               is               hope.

Just               follow               these               simple               common-sense               tips               to               liberate               yourself               from               the               serfdom               of               debt:
               1)               CUT               'EM               UP               -               My               financial               hero               Dave               Ramsey               calls               this               practice               "performing               a               plastectomy".

Yes,               it               is               exactly               what               you               think               it               means:               cut               the               damned               things               up               and               close               any               open               accounts               that               have               no               outstanding               balance               owed.

Is               it               smart               for               an               alcoholic               to               keep               a               bottle               of               Wild               Turkey               in               his               house?

If               you               cannot               keep               off               the               plastic,               then               get               it               out               of               your               house               for               good!
               2)               START               SELLING               STUFF               -               Sell               everything               you               can,               and               use               the               money               to               pay               the               loan               sharks               off.

Have               a               yard               sale,               or               put               items               in               the               want               ads               and               on               E-bay.

If               you               own               too               much               car,               sell               it,               and               use               every               penny               it               brings               in               to               pay               the               loan               off.

Get               a               cheap               piece               of               junk               to               drive               while               you're               paying               off               what's               left               of               the               old               car               note.

Sell               your               house               to               get               out               of               a               bad               loan,               and               rent               cheap               until               you               are               in               a               position               to               buy               with               a               15-year               mortgage               and               a               hefty               down-payment,               even               if               you               have               to               wait               ten               years               or               more.
               3)               MAKE               A               BUDGET               -               It               is               not               as               hard               as               it               sounds;               actually,               if               you               stick               to               it,               you               will               find               it               quite               liberating.

Makes               sure               every               dollar               has               a               name.

Your               priorities               are               as               follows:               1)               Food,               2)               Utilities,               3)               Rent/shelter,               4)               Transportation               (car               payment,               fuel,               bus/cab               fare,               etc.),               and               then               everything               else               comes               only               after               these               four               items               are               met.
               4)               WORK               MORE               THAN               ONE               JOB               -               If               you               truly               are               tired               of               debt,               get               another               job               at               night.

Deliver               pizza,               sling               boxes               at               UPS,               stock               shelves               at               Wal-Mart;               there               are               many               ways               to               earn               extra               money,               just               long               enough               to               get               out               of               debt.

If               child               care               is               a               problem,               there               is               always               a               way               to               find               baby               sitters               while               you               are               working               your               way               out               of               debt.

You               will               find               a               way               to               make               it               happen,               once               you               have               decided               that               you               are               sick               and               tired               of               being               sick               and               tired.
               5)               START               SAVING               -               Set               aside               $1,000               cash               for               an               emergency               fund               that               is               to               ONLY               be               used               for               emergencies.

After               you               pay               off               more               and               more               debt,               use               the               money               you               once               paid               the               debt               with               to               build               up               a               real               emergency               fund.

Your               goal               should               be               to               save               enough               for               six               months               of               expenses,               should               you               find               yourself               out               of               work               or               badly               hurt.
               6)               GET               MEDICAL               INSURANCE               -               Find               an               employer               who               offers               a               decent               group               medical               plan,               because               it               only               takes               one               big               hospitalization               to               wipe               out               everything               you've               saved,               and               medical               debt               is               the               biggest               form               of               fiscal               slavery               in               the               U.S.
               7)               CHANGE               YOUR               HABITS               -               This               is               the               most               important               one               on               the               list.

If               you               continue               to               charge               and               spend               like               tomorrow               will               never               come,               you               will               never               be               free               from               indebtedness.

You               have               to               learn               to               say               "NO"               to               your               kids,               your               spouse,               and               yourself               if               you               want               to               get               ahead               financially.

DISCIPLINE               is               the               key               here,               folks.
               My               friends               like               to               give               me               hell               about               my               frugality,               joking               that               I'll               "squeeze               a               quarter               'till               the               eagle               screams".

Considering               that               these               friends               are               broke               and               in               debt               (and               some               of               them               make               a               whole               lot               more               than               I               do),               I               take               that               as               a               compliment.

After               paying               many               thousands               of               dollars               in               "stupid               tax",               I               decided               years               ago               to               take               good               ol'               Dave               Ramsey               up               on               his               challenge               to               "live               like               no               one               else               so               that               someday,               I               can               live               like               no               one               else",               and               if               a               high               school               dropout               like               me               can               be               free,               so               can               you!






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