Comments on: The American Way http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/ Someone's gotta be right around here. Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:08:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Charity http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Charity Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:47:38 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-457 No argument there, Haik. The government shouldn't bail out anyone who makes a risky financial decision that doesn't go their way. No argument there, Haik. The government shouldn’t bail out anyone who makes a risky financial decision that doesn’t go their way.

]]> By: Haik Bedrosian http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Haik Bedrosian Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:52:27 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-456 If the government shouldn't bail out borrowers, then they shouldn't bail out lenders either. If the government shouldn’t bail out borrowers, then they shouldn’t bail out lenders either.

]]> By: Anonymous http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Anonymous Thu, 06 Sep 2007 12:46:56 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-455 Wholeheartedly agree, although a lot of people aren't going to absorb personal finance lessons in school any better than they absorb anything else. Everyone knows that when you put something on a credit card, you're going to have to pay it back with plenty of interest, but that doesn't stop Vermonters from racking up unbelievable credit card debt. Of course, that's not their fault, it's the banks', right Bernie? Wholeheartedly agree, although a lot of people aren’t going to absorb personal finance lessons in school any better than they absorb anything else. Everyone knows that when you put something on a credit card, you’re going to have to pay it back with plenty of interest, but that doesn’t stop Vermonters from racking up unbelievable credit card debt.

Of course, that’s not their fault, it’s the banks’, right Bernie?

]]> By: Charity http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Charity Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:33:20 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-454 The difference being that no one is asking for a government bail-out when they can't tie a tie. Oh, and the government already does provide resume writing and interviewing help via Department of Employment and Training. The difference being that no one is asking for a government bail-out when they can’t tie a tie.

Oh, and the government already does provide resume writing and interviewing help via Department of Employment and Training.

]]> By: Haik Bedrosian http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-453 Haik Bedrosian Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:41:08 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-453 Financial education in schools is a GREAT idea. There are so many things that should be taught in schools, but are not. How about how to tie a tie? That would really help the boys without fathers. How about how to type, write a resume, or how to conduct yourself in a job interview? How about basic car maintainence? Everybody needs this sort of stuff, but the schools just focus on traditional academics and intellectual conformity training. Dickens and Chaucer are fine, but it seems people are left to their own devices when it comes to the nuts and bolts skills of actually living life after graduation. Financial education in schools is a GREAT idea. There are so many things that should be taught in schools, but are not. How about how to tie a tie? That would really help the boys without fathers. How about how to type, write a resume, or how to conduct yourself in a job interview? How about basic car maintainence? Everybody needs this sort of stuff, but the schools just focus on traditional academics and intellectual conformity training. Dickens and Chaucer are fine, but it seems people are left to their own devices when it comes to the nuts and bolts skills of actually living life after graduation.

]]> By: thefinacialspot http://shesright.org/2007/09/04/the-american-way/comment-page-1/#comment-452 thefinacialspot Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:48:31 +0000 http://shesright.org/?p=151#comment-452 Rightly said! Solid financial education in schools is the answer, but will it ever happen is the question? Rightly said! Solid financial education in schools is the answer, but will it ever happen is the question?

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