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I totally agree with you. It is the responsibility of the individual. Still there is a wide cultural problem in the U.S. that has to be recognized. My sister a
by huherto 18y ago
I totally agree with you. It is the responsibility of the individual. Still there is a wide cultural problem in the U.S. that has to be recognized.
My sister and her husband who live in the US,started making a lot of stupid decisions. The rest of the family who live in Mexico warned them. My sister said that that is the way is done in the U.S. and that everybody lived like that. Needless to say they buried themselves in debt and went bankrupt. It was so weird for us since our grandparents and parents were very, very thrifty.
- anamax 18y agoNot so fast. "Everybody" does not live like that. In fact, even before the credit crunch it was common to hear about folks who got in over their heads with debt. (The ads for "credit counseling" and "debt relieft" are commonplace.) The US culture gave them more opportunities to succeed. Those same opportunities can let them fail. If they can't handle the opportunities....
- huherto 18y agoI understand that not "Everybody"lives like that. But that was her perception anyway.