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Comment by kevingadd

How do you propose solving problems like "buy a house" and "buy a car" without debt? The average person who needs to drive to work has no way to buy a car in cash, at least not early on. If you drop all your savings on a new car and suddenly end up with a hospital bill, that car isn't going to pay for it.

I say this as someone who had enough saved to buy a car in cash: Buying it via a loan was the right choice. It boosted my credit rating and more importantly when emergencies came up I had that cash on hand.

parent kevingadd 6 years ago

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