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Dimensional Traveler
Nov 7, 2009, 9:47:08 PM11/7/09
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Lawrence Watt-Evans wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:28:59 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> Mike Ash wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <a6edc6ef-10a5-4fa9...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Matt Hughes <arch...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7 Nov, 00:39, Mike Ash <m...@mikeash.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How are credit cards different for writers than for normal folk? Use the
>>>>> card ONLY when you have the money, cash sitting in the bank, to pay it
>>>>> off, and which you absolutely will not touch for any other purpose
>>>>> besides paying the card.
>>>> Freelancers get money in chunks and at irregular intervals. Sometimes
>>>> people who owe you money don't pay when they say they will, but
>>>> utilities now operate their bill collection systems by computer. When
>>>> the computer says turn off the phone, power, internet, off they go.
>>>> Credit cards take up the slack, but then if you go a long time between
>>>> gigs or the guy who owes you money goes out of business, the balance
>>>> sits there and accumulates interest.
>>> Those of us with regular jobs can never be 100% certain that the next
>>> paycheck is going to arrive either. That's why you use the credit card
>>> *only when you have actual cash money on hand to pay for the purchases*.
>>> If you do this, then it doesn't matter how irregular or uncertain your
>>> income is, you will always be able to pay the bill.
>>>
>> But that is (or at least used to be) downright UnAmerican! It reflects
>> a lack of faith in the American Economic System and denies American
>> Companies' Executives their quarterly bonuses! Not to mention reducing
>> the profits available to buy your Congressman or Senator with.
>
> Exactly the point. It's subverting the system from within.
>
Which system? Yours or the financial industry's?
> On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:28:59 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
> <dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
>
>> Mike Ash wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <a6edc6ef-10a5-4fa9...@b15g2000yqd.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Matt Hughes <arch...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 7 Nov, 00:39, Mike Ash <m...@mikeash.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How are credit cards different for writers than for normal folk? Use the
>>>>> card ONLY when you have the money, cash sitting in the bank, to pay it
>>>>> off, and which you absolutely will not touch for any other purpose
>>>>> besides paying the card.
>>>> Freelancers get money in chunks and at irregular intervals. Sometimes
>>>> people who owe you money don't pay when they say they will, but
>>>> utilities now operate their bill collection systems by computer. When
>>>> the computer says turn off the phone, power, internet, off they go.
>>>> Credit cards take up the slack, but then if you go a long time between
>>>> gigs or the guy who owes you money goes out of business, the balance
>>>> sits there and accumulates interest.
>>> Those of us with regular jobs can never be 100% certain that the next
>>> paycheck is going to arrive either. That's why you use the credit card
>>> *only when you have actual cash money on hand to pay for the purchases*.
>>> If you do this, then it doesn't matter how irregular or uncertain your
>>> income is, you will always be able to pay the bill.
>>>
>> But that is (or at least used to be) downright UnAmerican! It reflects
>> a lack of faith in the American Economic System and denies American
>> Companies' Executives their quarterly bonuses! Not to mention reducing
>> the profits available to buy your Congressman or Senator with.
>
> Exactly the point. It's subverting the system from within.
>
Which system? Yours or the financial industry's?
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Lawrence Watt-Evans
Nov 8, 2009, 3:08:34 AM11/8/09
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On Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:47:08 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
<dtr...@sonic.net> wrote:
Yes.
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