[Dave-ROR]

Originally Posted by justaquestion

Um, no.. We have so many people deeply in debt in this country because the economy crashed as well as the job market. There is an accepted difference between being in debt, and financing something. Our economy will never touch what is was in the late 80s/90s but guess what? People still financed then.

If you choose to work 2 jobs in order to afford a specific lifestyle, how is that living beyond ones means?

Not to mention you don't know anything about this guy, his financial status, or anything else.

Many people were in massive debt well before the job market/economic collapse. I know no one who was not in debt before the collapse are are in debt now. Everyone I know who has debt (which I don't include installment accounts in so much) was in debt well before the collapse as well.

If you choose to work two jobs, that's fine, if you HAVE to get a second job to pay your car note then you WERE living beyond your means.

There's no need to take Rampage's post out of context which was simply if you are forced to get another job because you realized that you couldn't afford the car then you shouldn't have purchased the car.