Your Daily Groove – Life Without Debt?

by Steve McAllister on August 10, 2010

“Debt, n. An ingenious substitute for the chain and whip of the slave-driver.” – Ambrose Bierce

Although the concept of credit has been sold, and continues to be sold, as one of the bastions of American freedom, it is an unfortunate fact that the opposite is true. In this culture of materialism, we are given the liberty to possess whatever stuff we want as long as we agree to the interest, fees, and monthly installments, at the end of which our initial purchase is often already in a landfill or replaced with the latest upgrade. And yet we toil, stress, and clamor to make our payments and stay on the creditor’s good side lest he deny us more credit for which we can toil, stress, and clamor. It is a sad reflection upon us that many consider this “the American way.”


But what if we were to redefine our freedom? What if, instead of considering our freedom as the opportunity to possess whatever we want, we consider the freedom to not possess it? What if we could learn to appreciate things where they are and not have to bring them into our lives? What if we shirked the responsibility of ownership and opted for the liberty of unattachment? What if we forsook our penchant for materialism in order to free ourselves from the chains of debt?

Could our economy still thrive without all of the stuff?

10 reasons why plastic bags blow!

This article was posted on Aug 05 2010 by Plastic Pollution Coalition


By Lisa Kaas Boyle, Esq.


http://plasticpollutioncoalition.org/2010/08/10-reasons-why-single-use-plastic-bags-blow/