Good people should not be punished for doing the right thing. Ramsey was wrong for firing the guy but, his low debt philosophy is good for spendthrifts who are addicted to impulse purchasing. There aren't many left from that era but, most people who grew up during the great depression still tend to be very thrifty. I know my dad who graduated from high school in 1931 was that way but, he could have done better financially. He got a mortgage to buy a house in 1948 and, as far as I know, that was the only thing he did not pay cash for. He bought a nice new home a few years before he died and paid cash. As you implied, he probably shouldn't have. His most daring investments other than a small amount of Southern Company and Johnson & Johnson stock were CDs.
Your article had a lot of good advice even though slide rules aren't the best tools for adding and subtracting to determine the time between marriage and the birth of a child.
"Meanwhile, those of us who really value discourse, tolerance, and the opinions of others end up, well, here, with you and me. At least nobody can fire me here."
Substack can fire you as long as you are using their service. One of the more interesting tidbits from the past year was the WordPress company debating whether to take down the New York Post's Hunter Biden story (the decided not to):
Given that WordPress is selling a white-label service (Who knew that the NY Post was hosted that way before the story broke?) AND still had these conversations should give folks pause, EVEN IF they are paying for the service.
Speaking of censorship, the press, etc., are any of The Racket folks on Mastodon yet?
Good people should not be punished for doing the right thing. Ramsey was wrong for firing the guy but, his low debt philosophy is good for spendthrifts who are addicted to impulse purchasing. There aren't many left from that era but, most people who grew up during the great depression still tend to be very thrifty. I know my dad who graduated from high school in 1931 was that way but, he could have done better financially. He got a mortgage to buy a house in 1948 and, as far as I know, that was the only thing he did not pay cash for. He bought a nice new home a few years before he died and paid cash. As you implied, he probably shouldn't have. His most daring investments other than a small amount of Southern Company and Johnson & Johnson stock were CDs.
Your article had a lot of good advice even though slide rules aren't the best tools for adding and subtracting to determine the time between marriage and the birth of a child.
"Meanwhile, those of us who really value discourse, tolerance, and the opinions of others end up, well, here, with you and me. At least nobody can fire me here."
Substack can fire you as long as you are using their service. One of the more interesting tidbits from the past year was the WordPress company debating whether to take down the New York Post's Hunter Biden story (the decided not to):
https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/13/23506029/wordpress-vip-automattic-matt-mullenweg-content-moderation-new-york-post-biden-laptop
Given that WordPress is selling a white-label service (Who knew that the NY Post was hosted that way before the story broke?) AND still had these conversations should give folks pause, EVEN IF they are paying for the service.
Speaking of censorship, the press, etc., are any of The Racket folks on Mastodon yet?