>So I don't think I'm able to refute the idea that a majority of U.S >citizens have credit card debt.
To be fair, I don't have statistics for my claim either. It could be that the majority of Americans don't have credit card debt, but I would surprised by that. In any case, I do believe that my generation -- Baby Boomers, loosely -- internalized ideas about possessions, debt and spending that were very different from the generations that proceeded us. Olin ----- Original Message ----- From: Euan Ritchie<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 12:39 PM Subject: Re: Taking responsibility (was Re: How Government Stoked the Mania) [Referencing people who avoid debt] > As I said before, I commend people who have avoided that temptation. > But I think its fair to say they are a minority in the US. Betting you were wrong there I went looking for facts and found this interesting summary of numbers on U.S debt... http://www.christianccc.org/facts.html<http://www.christianccc.org/facts.html> ...but it's unfortunately mostly averages where what I want to find is an absolute count of how many have credit card debt. Some more detail is here... http://www.directlendingsolutions.com/2006-consumer-stats.htm<http://www.directlendingsolutions.com/2006-consumer-stats.htm> But again the figure I want is not present. So I don't think I'm able to refute the idea that a majority of U.S citizens have credit card debt. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l<http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
