It is not a new thing that people are incurring debts. People have been going in debts for centuries now. However, the new thing is the depth and the huge amounts of these debts. The reason is that now we have so many financial products that are very easy to get and very easy to use, which makes them prone to abuse. Getting a credit card is not difficult thing. It is as easy as buying anything else from a supermarket. Sometimes, in an effort to advertise, credit card companies offer cards to you even if you have not asked for them. Such is the ease of availability of these cards.
Abusing this ease of getting money is leading almost an entire nation into the depths of some of the biggest debts. People live beyond their means and keep on purchasing, living almost in denial, and then find themselves in such huge debts that the debts overcome and control their life.
Once you fail to make the due payments, you start on a downward spiral. The fees for late payments, extra charges, penalties and high interest set you deeper and deeper into debt. continue reading…