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- From: etpeters@dal.mobil.com (E. T. Peterson(Eric))
- Subject: Re: Where is the best place to stick it?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.230506.10636@mobil.com>
- Sender: news@mobil.com
- Organization: Mobil Exploration & Producing Technical Center(MEPTEC), Dallas.
- References: <mT7LuB4w161w@cdthq.UUCP> <5685@bacon.IMSI.COM>
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:05:06 GMT
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- In article <5685@bacon.IMSI.COM>, jordan@IMSI.COM (Jordan Hayes) writes:
- |> Gary Heston <gary@cdthq.UUCP> writes:
- |>
- |> Wipe out the credit cards, put the rest in investments, and put
- |> the money you were paying on the cards into either more
- |> investments or partying.
- |>
- |> There's the point: people who pay off that debt will *not* be inclined
- |> to "pay back" the original lump. In a sense, if you inherit $100k, and
- |> you use $20k of it to pay off credit card debt, you've "loaned" one
- |> account to pay another. Now you're losing return on that $20k. If you
- |> don't take the original cash flow you were paying for debt service and
- |> "repay" the $100k account, you're down for the long run.
- |>
- |> The numbers make sense: it's the actions of individuals who will in
- |> fact party instead of putting the money back that leads me to say
- |> "stick with the cash flow" of debt service.
- |>
- |> /jordan
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- So, in effect, you are advocating paying an outrageous amount of interest on
- your "debt service" in order to enforce self-discipline on your finances.
- Sounds like "service" to the credit card companies! I challenge you to show
- some numbers supporting the idea that it is better to invest your money at, say,
- 10% taxable income, instead of paying off a debt at a non-deductible 18%!
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- This is a big price to pay to protect me from myself!
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- Eric Peterson
- e-mail: etpeters@drsol1.dal.mobil.com
- phone: (214) 951-3251
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- -- The sooner you fall behind,
- the more time you'll have to catch up!
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