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Is America replacing wealth with debt?
March 11, 2010 in Anti-Consumerism by BDO
By Eric Swanson The new Forbes’ list of richest people in the world was recently released. In interesting news, the new richest person in the world is from Mexico named Carlos Slim Helú. However, the more interesting news is the drop in American... Read more »
Dollarless Deals, A Great Alternative to Using Debt
March 8, 2010 in Anti-Consumerism by BDO
By Eric Swanson Bartering is fast becoming the new normal for frugal citizens. Many business owners provide services that they are now willing to trade for other similarly valuable services or products. The truth is, though money is tight, we can... Read more »
Giving Couple Time on Valentine’s Day
February 9, 2010 in Anti-Consumerism by BDO
By Eric Swanson In preparation of the Raleigh Valentine’s Day Debt Prevention Rally, I wanted to share with you a great idea that portrays the idea that we don’t have to go into debt to show our love to our significant other. Parade Magazine... Read more »
Recovery coming from materialistic consumers?
January 30, 2010 in Anti-Consumerism by BDO
By Eric Swanson When we hear about the recovery to the economy, does the idea of a materialistic consumer come to mind? If it doesn’t, it should. Beating Debt News is a non-profit production and ad-free.This is free protected content. Please... Read more »
Where will you $pend Christmas?
December 16, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, Multimedia by BDO
Christmas has always been known as a time of giving. Everyone recognizes Christmas’ ever growing cost to our budgets. We all feel the temptation to spend what we have not earned to buy things we cannot afford for people who already have enough. ... Read more »
How much is enough stuff?
December 11, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, News by BDO
What is “enough” for you? There are so many that believe that if they just had a little bit more, they would be happy. This idea probably stems from credit cards companies telling us that we can have a “little bit more” happiness... Read more »
Gift giving ‘in remembrance’ challenged
December 8, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, Spiritual by BDO
Why do we give gifts at Christmas? Many people give gifts ‘in remembrance’ of the Christmas story. Specifically, the tradition comes from the New Testament when the three kings gave gifts to Baby Jesus. However, have we ever examined... Read more »
Educational Ads for ‘credit cards made me do it’
November 19, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, News by BDO
Rasmussen Reports recently reported a new survey about credit card use. The survey finds that Eighty-three percent (83%) of adults say credit cards tempt people to buy things they cannot afford. Beating Debt News is a non-profit production and ad-free.This... Read more »
Turning Santa Into A Corporate Salesman
November 6, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, Multimedia, Spiritual by BDO
Once upon a time, Santa was an innocent, jolly old man who would bring wonderful, handmade goods for children. But over time, and as many more Christian families started to allow this character to over-take the spirit of Christmas, corporations turned... Read more »
Whole Gospel, Whole Church, Whole World
October 28, 2009 in Anti-Consumerism, News, Spiritual by BDO
Go into all the world... What are the gods that surround us, and what is the Christlike and neighbor-loving response to those who worship them? We must not confine this to thinking only about the great mega-bloc “world faiths.” The ideologies... Read more »