Everyone can get a little sloppy with cash and it's smart to notice. But what's squeezing you is the big stuff you ladle onto your credit cards.
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I very rarely use a credit card, but I do if I know I have big bills coming and I need to stagger payment.
You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you get so you can navigate society.
Credit cards are like snakes: Handle 'em long enough, and one will bite you.
Folks can't carry around money in their pocket. They've got to go to an ATM machine, and they've got to pay a few dollars to get their own dollars out of the machine. Who ever thought you'd pay cash to get cash? That's where we've gotten to.
I'm more of a debit card person, and I live in the 'now'. I don't like credit cards anymore. I try to live with whatever I can afford and don't try to put myself in an awkward position. I've done that before.
We are quite a way off before people travel around the world without cash in their pockets. The growth of plastic and electronic transactions have tended to impact traveller's cheques rather than cash.
People get into debt head over heels because banks make it so easy to do so. Then the banks come along and act like these people who can't or won't pay their bills are the dregs of society.
If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
Small businesses have told us that having cash in their pocket is one of the primary things that they need.
I have too many credit cards. You know what happened? Someone stole one and I didn't notice. I noticed when I got that bill. Whoa! It was so much less! I'm letting him keep it. I'm saving money!