Twentysomething and debt

USA Today’s doing a feature on people who are “young and in debt.” This week there’s a story of a 25-year old girl, Kimberly, who’s fresh out of college with a psychology degree, living in an apartment with her wiener dog, $2,700 in credit card debt, $7,800 owed on her car, and $30,000 in student loans.

Debt counseling goes Hollywood..sort of

There’s something to be said about the debt problem in America when you see television shows popping up with debt counseling as the premise. What exactly is to be said? I don’t know. But, there is huge problem with debt and it’s growing daily.