Chapter 4
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| ___% of americans are living paycheck to paycheck | 70
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| when it comes to debt if you tell a lie or spread a _____ long enough eventually it becomes accepted as the ____ | myth;truth
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| debt has been ___ to us with such intensity for so long that to imagine living without it requires a complete ___ shift, a completely new way of looking at things | marketed; paradigm
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| in 1919- in the sears catalog, credit was called ___ | folley
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| ___ didn't believe in debt and wouldnt allow it given in his stores. it wasn't until after his death in ____ that it was then accepted | J.C. Penney; 1971
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| _____ hated debt and would not offer it on cars for __ years after General Motors began offering credit | Henry Ford of Ford Motor Company; 10
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| birth of the credit card in ___ by ____ | 1950; Frank McNamara
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| McNamara's company ___ is still in business | Diners Club
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| in 1958 a west coast bank ___ issues a pice of plastic called ____ | Bank of America; BankAmericard
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| ___ was born in 1958 | American Express
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| in 1970 only __% of americans owned credit cards | 15
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| in 1976 BankAmericard changed it's name to | VISA
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| in 1986 Sears got in a dispute with Visa and so they created the ____ | Discover Card
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| our ____ thought debt was a sin | great grandparents
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| our ____ thought it was stupid | grandparents
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| our ___ borrowed on a few things | parents
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| ___ borrow on everything | we
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| MYTH: If i ____ money to a friend or relative, I will be helping them | loan
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| TRUTH: the relationship will be strained or _____ | destroyed
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| MYTH: by ____ a loan, I am helping our a friend or relative | cosigning
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| TRUTH: the bank requires a cosigner because the person isn't likely to ____ | repay
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| MYTH: ____, rent-to-own, title pawning, and tote-the-note lots are needed ____ for lower income people to help them get ahead | cash advance; services
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| TRUTH; these are horrible, greedy ___ that aren't needed and don't benefit anyone but the owners of these companies | rip-offs
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| 80% of ____ in America are first-generation rich | millionaires
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| ___ for the cash sale of a new car | 82
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| ____ for financing a new car | $755
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| __ for leasing a new car | 1,300
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| MYTH: the ___ and other forms of gambling will make me __ | lottery, rich
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| TRUTH: the lottery is a ____ and on people who can't do math | tax on the poor
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| people w/o High school diploma spent an average of ____ college graduates spend an average of __ a month on the lottery | 173, 49
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| in lottery's it is always the lower-income ___ that generate the highest sales | ZIP codes
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| MYTH: ___ payments are a way of life and you'll always have one | car
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| TRUTH: staying away from car payment by driving reliable used cars is what the typical ___ does | millionaire
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| average car payment today | $464 per month over 64 months
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| MYTH: __ your car is what sophistaced financial peopel do | leasing
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| TRUTH: leasing your car is the most ___ way to finance and operate a vehicle | expensive
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| if you own a business you can ___ your paid-for car on taxes without paying payments for the privelege | write-off
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| the way to ___ the money lost on things that go down in value is to buy slightly ___ | minimize; used
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| MYTH: you can get a good deal on a ____ | new car
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| TRUTH: a new car loses __% of it's value in the first 4 years | 70
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| MYTH: I'll take out a 30-year mortgage and pay __ | extra
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| TRUTH: never take out more than a __ year fixed-rate mortgage | 15
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| MYTH: It's wise to take out an ___ or ___ mortgage if you know you will move | ARM, balloon
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| TRUTH: you will be moving when they ___ | foreclose
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| The adjustable rate mortgage is here to keep the ____ from losing money. It transfers the -_ of higher-interest rates to you | bank, risk
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| spending cash registers as | pain
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| MYTH: you need a ___ to rent a car or make ___ online or by phone | credit card, purchases
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| TRUTH: a __ card does all of that | debit
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| MYTH: i pay my ___ off every money with no annual payment or fee | credit card
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| TRUTH: when you use cash instead of plastic, you spend ___ less because spending cash hurts | 12-18%
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| ___ are a huge target of credit card companies today | teens
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| you don't go into ___ for emergencies | debt
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| debt consolidation is a | con
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| debt consolidation saves little or no __ becasue you will throw your low interest loans into the deal | interest
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| you cannot ___ your way our of debt | borrow
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| ___ payments equal more ___ in debt | smaller, time
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| the ___ is slave to the lender | borrower
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| 75% of the Forbes 400 say that becoming and staying __ free was #1 key to wealth building | debt
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| quit ___ more ___ | borrowing, money
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| you must __ money | save
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| ___ something | sell
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| part-time __ or ___ | job, overtime
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| use the ___ | debt snowball
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