Why do you think Americans
have so much personal debt?
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Probably because there’s so much marketing. You see things on television and you want to go out and buy them.
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Cindy Diggs
Organizer
Roxbury
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I think it’s the culture — society. The energy it takes to live in this country. You have to partake to get any kind of elevation, but you get nowhere. |
William
Student
Grove Hall
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The cost of living is higher. I get paid every two weeks and I’m broke before I get my check, mostly because of rent.
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Jermaine
Chef
Dorchester
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We live in a consumer culture and a lot of people aren’t informed about how debt can affect them. Plastic is heavily marketed. We’re in a culture that promotes debt. |
Gwendolyn Rodriguez
Community Coordinator
Boston
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Because they mismanage their money. People are about looking good and being flashy, but everybody’s in debt.
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Timothy Bradshaw
Fundraiser
South End
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Society. We’re living in a commercial society. Clothes, toys and higher costs of living — rent, gas. A lot of people who aren’t getting help are borrowing to get by. |
Quest Knight
Counselor
Dorchester
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