May 24, 2007 — Vol. 42, No. 41
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Why do you think Americans
have so much personal debt?

Probably because there’s so much marketing. You see things on television and you want to go out and buy them.
Cindy Diggs
Organizer
Roxbury
I think it’s the culture — society. The energy it takes to live in this country. You have to partake to get any kind of elevation, but you get nowhere. William
Student
Grove Hall
The cost of living is higher. I get paid every two weeks and I’m broke before I get my check, mostly because of rent.
Jermaine
Chef
Dorchester
We live in a consumer culture and a lot of people aren’t informed about how debt can affect them. Plastic is heavily marketed. We’re in a culture that promotes debt. Gwendolyn Rodriguez
Community Coordinator
Boston
Because they mismanage their money. People are about looking good and being flashy, but everybody’s in debt.
Timothy Bradshaw
Fundraiser
South End
Society. We’re living in a commercial society. Clothes, toys and higher costs of living — rent, gas. A lot of people who aren’t getting help are borrowing to get by. Quest Knight
Counselor
Dorchester

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