As women, one of our primary responsibilities in the home is to be responsible with what we have been entrusted with. That includes our kids, obviously. We should raise them, discipline them, teach them to be independent, and teach them about God. It includes our homes. We should care for them appropriately (make them comfortable, not perfect), invite people over, and ensure our family members have a good place to relax. And by the way, that means you, too. Make sure you have candles by the bath after a long day! And we should be responsible for our money. A big theme on many of the mom blogs I read is learning to live within your means. It's practical, biblical, and necessary. And I love the comments on my previous post! You moms obviously get that. And feeding a family of 6 on $325, as one woman wrote! That's awesome. (And yes, someday soon I will share more about the cloth pads, since you asked :) ). But in the past few months we've witnessed the federal government and the Democrats running for President talking about the need to bail out those homeowners and banks who took on risky mortgages. I don't understand why we want to penalize responsibility and reward irresponsibility. With that in mind, I loved McCain's speech early this week on the crisis. Here's a part of it: I have always been committed to the principle that it is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers. Government assistance to the banking system should be based solely on preventing systemic risk that would endanger the entire financial system and the economy.
But read the whole thing. I think there's an important principle there for us who want to make sure our kids have a solid financial footing as they grow!
And for all those who were responsible and didn't take on a risky mortgage, I'm sure you would like to see housing prices fall back down to a reasonable level, right? Well, they won't if the government bails out these mortgages.
I find the whole thing tremendously sad, because I do feel badly for those who made a poor decision and now may lose everything. But at the same time, that's the way the world works. And the sooner people realize that, and learn to live on a budget, the better it will be for everyone. Labels: debt, money |
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I sure don't see why the government should bail out anyone who bought too much house, or used interest only loans or loans with teaser rates, etc. to get into their next house. Probably not a very politically correct statement to make. I remember a life insurance salesperson trying to interest us in an interest-only loan mortgage, and I told him that he had a terrible product, and how could he live with himself selling something that was so bad for a customer. That was about 7 years ago.....