Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Treating the symptom

Today in the car I heard a credit card debt consolidation commercial that sort of drove me crazy. While there is a place for those companies the last line got to me - “If credit card debt is the problem, we are the solution.” Heads up there high speed - the real problem is you can't stop buying stuff you can't afford! Your credit card debt is just the visible symptom. Treating the symptom instead of the problem only lands you back in the same spot. This goes hand in hand with the diet pills that basically say take this magical pill to lose weight and that you don't even have to change your daily habits....like over eating and getting no exercise...which is what got you where you are.