Debtfree Magazine Issue 3 of 2022

WHO ARE THE POOR? CONT’D
Imagine if you only had 30 pre-packed meals
available to you for a month - one big meal
pack for each day. But at the start of the
month you decide to scoff down more than
one meal a day. You eat 2 meals a day. For
the first 15 days you feel happy no doubt, but
eventually you will run out of food. You are
now in trouble, with half the month to go, the
cupboard is empty.
This is essentially what using money you have
not yet earned is like, it’s not smart.
Some compare using credit to selling your
future self, to pay for things now. You enslave
yourself for extra cash now. It is something to
think seriously about.
While there are many poor people around
us, some of the poorest may actually be
driving luxury cars and living in fancy houses,
all of which are really owned by their credit
providers.