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It’s your patriotic duty to be in debt. Uncovering the truth with Financial Peace

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As a disclaimer to this post, I’ll admit that I am a Democrat.  Actually, I’m an Independent, but if forced to identify, it would have to be with the Democratic Party.  I find myself in a minority among conservative Christians. 

I receive occasional emails from Dave, and the most recent contained his thoughts on the Obama’s bailout plan.  Dave- like myself- was opposed to the original bailout plan.  He provided readers and listeners with a draft letter to be sent to respective representatives.  I signed it and sent it.  I’m proud to say that my Representative was one of the few Republicans to vote NO for the bailout.  One of the reasons I was opposed to the bail out was because it was done during the Twilight hours of Bush’s administration.   I think it is ludicrous to give these “Can’t Fail” companies millions and millions- and billions of dollars and expect them to do right by it.  Has anyone ever heard the parable of the scorpion and the fox.  It’s just in their nature.  Arguably, they wouldn’ t need a bailout if they could make good financial decisions.  They didn’t get to here they are by making the right decisions, and throwing them money isn’t going to motivate them to do so.  This is evidenced by the stories that continue to flow through the newspapers about misuse of this money.  Now- here we are with another new plan. 

Here is a quote from Dave’s email:

The government wants you to spend, spend, spend—and many Americans are taking this advice while still in debt! No matter what the talking heads say, it is not your patriotic duty to spend money you don’t have. Your duty is to take care of yourself and your household with the money you earn from an honest day’s work.

 

It isn’t your Patriotic Duty to spend, despite the implication by the Government.  As Dave says in this email, it’s your duty to take care of your family.  This is a sentiment portrayed througout the Bible.  If you’re in debt, you aren’t taking care of your family.  You’re allowing Visa, or Ford Motor Company, or Kohl’s to take care of your family.  If you didn’t pay cash for it, it isn’t yours.  Just because you can get it, doesn’t mean that you should get it.  Dave says, and I agree that the healing of the economy will not be anything that comes out of Washington- it will be a concentrated and purposeful effort by the American people to quit buying into the lies of the Can’t Fails, and the economists who continue to attempt to fix a machine that never worked in the first place- it only seemed to do so.  It was a magic trick that was bright and shiny for a while, and now that the illusion is gone, the damage has been done.

I’ve no doubt that American will eventually make a turn around.  It might not even be in the next 10 years, but the healing will happen.  But it will only happen if we quit swallowing the lies that we need to spend money we don’t have in order to help our failing economy.  The brother in law that I wrote of when I first starting writing for Mona- the one that suggested that Financial Peace was a cult- has now turned over a new leaf.  He’s bought Dave’s books, is listening to his radio show, and is selling so much stuff that his kids fear that they are next.  Let me tell you, if he can see the error in his ways, anyone can.  Dave doesn’t work miracles, only God does this, but using the wisdom in the Bible and the common sense God gave him, Dave does provide, I believe, Spirit driven financial advice.  It isn’t your patriotic duty to be in debt.  It is your Christian duty to get out of debt and to owe nothing to no one but love (Romans 13:8).    Dave’s got a good dose of the truth.  Truths that even our churches don’t address- which, I think, is a big part of the problem.  Our churches want us to come back, so there is no financial instruction.  Christianity shouldn’t be about what makes us feel good.  It should be about Biblical truths.  God has a lot to say about finances, and Dave can help you uncover thost truths. Dave debunks these myths and isnt afraid to tell you the cold hard truth that will help heal your family and get on the path to Financial Peace.

February 9, 2009 | Filed Under Just Whatever 

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