I'm not suggesting that what I'm about to say should be done now. It may be too late. But, I played the fiat debt game. I wanted my little piece when the faucet was flowing. The real crime is that kids in my generation were taught to save your money in the bank. Stay away from debt. Meanwhile, the big boys borrowed as much as possible and now own the assets that appreciated during the Ponzi scheme. The savers are eating cat food in their retirement. OPM- buying assets with other people's money.
This is a great point. Debt benefited everyone over the last 30 years. Especially big corporations . debt is a great tool in an inflationary environment.... I was taught to stay away from debt and I crawled at a snails pace compared to those who leveraged. Its a complete rethink of how I was raised
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Very true. My father was considered crazy. He would tell everyone that saving money in a bank was for suckers. It became ingrained in me. I must say it scared the hell out of my wife when we were getting married. She hated debt. I wanted more.
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