Comments on: Maxed Out: Documentary or Political Hit Job? http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/06/maxed-out-documentary-or-political-hit-job.html Helping Smart Shoppers Save Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:52:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew Paulson http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/06/maxed-out-documentary-or-political-hit-job.html/comment-page-1#comment-746 Matthew Paulson Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/06/maxed-out-documentary-or-political-hit-job.html#comment-746 Sunny - I totally agree. It would be great if personal finance was a required course in schools, that way fewer people would get themselves into these bad situations. It'd also be great if parents took it upon themselves to do it, because it appears the government schools sure are doing a poor job at it!<br/><br/>I think that the movie/book happens to send the wrong message. It seems like they're more interested in blaming the credit card industry than to truthfully look at these stories and what the people around them could have done to prevent those bad situations from happening. Sunny – I totally agree. It would be great if personal finance was a required course in schools, that way fewer people would get themselves into these bad situations. It’d also be great if parents took it upon themselves to do it, because it appears the government schools sure are doing a poor job at it!

I think that the movie/book happens to send the wrong message. It seems like they’re more interested in blaming the credit card industry than to truthfully look at these stories and what the people around them could have done to prevent those bad situations from happening.

]]> By: Sunny Ellis http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/06/maxed-out-documentary-or-political-hit-job.html/comment-page-1#comment-745 Sunny Ellis Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:38:00 +0000 http://www.americanconsumernews.com/2007/06/maxed-out-documentary-or-political-hit-job.html#comment-745 admittedly, I have not seen the movie or read the book. I have heard it talked about by Dave Ramsey. It may not be Visa's fault that these bad things happened, but financial education is necessary, and the warnings need to go out. Visa just happens to be the enabler for our own bad behavior admittedly, I have not seen the movie or read the book. I have heard it talked about by Dave Ramsey. It may not be Visa’s fault that these bad things happened, but financial education is necessary, and the warnings need to go out. Visa just happens to be the enabler for our own bad behavior

]]>