Do you think unsecured credit card debt is bad for the economy?; Layaway makes comeback amid debt, tight finances

Question by cowgirl: Do you think unsecured credit card debt is bad for the economy?
I know a lot of people are filing bankruptcy on credit card debt. I did this myself and got 35,000 dollars worth of credit card debt discharged. That means my credit card companies lost a lot of money on me. I know my credit is ruined but oh well. Unsecured debt should be more difficult to get. It is still easy to file bankruptcy if one meets the means test. Your opinion, please.

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Answer by DebtSux
I had 20K that was discharged 5 years ago, but I learned my lesson. many people don’t.

I don’t ever want to be in debt and in that position ever again in my life.

I agree that loans should be harder to get, and it may very well come to that point. Banks will be more careful in the future I’m guessing about who they give money to and how much.

Debt is a BAD idea.

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Layaway makes comeback amid debt, tight finances
Consumers who embrace layaway typically have little credit or prefer not to use it. "The evidence is that this year, consumers are trying to pay down their credit card debt, rather than add to it," Bernhardt said. Ernestia Williams brought some VTech
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What to study in uni for a career in investment banking?; Webster Bank Finances $21.3 Million for Shopping Center in Westchester County

Question by S: What to study in uni for a career in investment banking?
i want to get into investment banking, and will be applying for universities this year, but i dont want to study the subject in uni. do i have to do a degree in something business related or can i do something like engineering or physics and still get into investment banking? if yes, which is better to do engineering or physics > if you’re planning to go into investment banking after anyway.

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Answer by Danielle
if you want to be an investment banker, you should major in finance or something very similar to it. see if your uni offers courses related to investing that you could take

if you want to be an investment banker why would you try to major in engineering? engineers major in engineering. if you want to be an engineering major because you like engineering, why don’t you just become an engineer? they still make a lot of money, just like investors

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Webster Bank Finances .3 Million for Shopping Center in Westchester County
By Webster Bank TARRYTOWN, NY, Nov. 7, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Webster Bank announced today that it has provided $ 21.3 million in construction and permanent financing for a new, 100000 square-foot retail center on Tarrytown Road in Tarrytown, New York.
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