THE BONDAGE OF DEBT (2 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Deuteronomy 28:1-10, Deuteronomy28:11-14
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The Bondage of Debt (2 of 4)
Series: ABC's of Finances
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
OPEN: How many of you have at least one credit card in your wallets or purses?
How many have 2 credit cards…
How many have 3?
According to one of the most recent reports the average American household holds 12 Visas, MasterCards and various other cards. Credit card companies send out more than 1 billion new credit card offers every year.
Back in 1972, Walter Cavanagh and a friend bet a dinner to see who could accumulate the most credit cards. Eight years later he won the bet - and broke the world record - by applying for and getting 1,003 credit cards, weighing 34 pounds and entitling him to $1.25 million in credit. His ultimate goal: 10,000 cards.
It's illegal now, but credit card companies used to mail credit cards to people who hadn't even applied for them. It wasn't always good business: In 1966, five Chicago banks banded together and mailed out 5 million cards to people who hadn't asked for them. But the banks had been less than cautious in assembling their mailing lists.
Some families received 15 cards.
Dead people got cards
Babies got cards.
And a dachshund named Alice was sent not one - but four cards - one of which arrived with the promise that Alice would be welcomed as a 'preferred customer' at many of Chicago's finest restaurants. (Information gleaned from "Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader")
APPLY: We are a credit-based society. And that's not entirely a bad thing.
After WWII, VA loans were made available to returning soldiers to make it easier for them to obtain their own homes. The resulting housing boom was so impressive, that FHA loans were created to help 1st time buyers purchase their first home. Without those kinds of loans, many people in America would be renters, not owners of their homes.
And there are credit cards that offer money back for your purchases. I have in my wallet a credit card that gives between 1% an ...
Series: ABC's of Finances
Jeff Strite
Deuteronomy 28:1-14
OPEN: How many of you have at least one credit card in your wallets or purses?
How many have 2 credit cards…
How many have 3?
According to one of the most recent reports the average American household holds 12 Visas, MasterCards and various other cards. Credit card companies send out more than 1 billion new credit card offers every year.
Back in 1972, Walter Cavanagh and a friend bet a dinner to see who could accumulate the most credit cards. Eight years later he won the bet - and broke the world record - by applying for and getting 1,003 credit cards, weighing 34 pounds and entitling him to $1.25 million in credit. His ultimate goal: 10,000 cards.
It's illegal now, but credit card companies used to mail credit cards to people who hadn't even applied for them. It wasn't always good business: In 1966, five Chicago banks banded together and mailed out 5 million cards to people who hadn't asked for them. But the banks had been less than cautious in assembling their mailing lists.
Some families received 15 cards.
Dead people got cards
Babies got cards.
And a dachshund named Alice was sent not one - but four cards - one of which arrived with the promise that Alice would be welcomed as a 'preferred customer' at many of Chicago's finest restaurants. (Information gleaned from "Uncle John's Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader")
APPLY: We are a credit-based society. And that's not entirely a bad thing.
After WWII, VA loans were made available to returning soldiers to make it easier for them to obtain their own homes. The resulting housing boom was so impressive, that FHA loans were created to help 1st time buyers purchase their first home. Without those kinds of loans, many people in America would be renters, not owners of their homes.
And there are credit cards that offer money back for your purchases. I have in my wallet a credit card that gives between 1% an ...
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