The Rolling Jubilee

[Barkingturtle]

Originally Posted by vaylorie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm really not trying to be a jackass, there are a ton of people that have just never been educated in basic personal finance.

Which is why they place their trust in credentialed professionals who they presume have their best interests at heart. Which is how predatory lenders then have that trust to abuse. And then: profit.

You can't really fault someone for the curriculum imposed upon them. You might even feel sympathy for the poor, unwashed masses who are herded through life and milked of their available resources by a complicit culture which appreciates financial gain more than honesty. Of course, you'd have to have empathy for people less educated than you, and that just doesn't make a lot of fiscal sense.