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This youth brigade is financially savvy
Holidays are a time for overspending; for just forgetting how much money runs out your pockets. And when you come back from that lovely vacation with that beautiful tan, you are brought back to earth with a thud – thanks to your credit card bills. While popular media would love to have us believe that this is what the youngsters of today are up to, reality is something else altogether.
I know this sounds incredulous – okay, so some of us do overspend, but we do have more brains than our parents and seniors give us credit for. And we do know when enough is enough. So, while there is the occasional story of maxed-out credit cards, what you will most probably see now are 20 and 30-somethings who know what they are about and know where their finances are headed. And some of them have learnt their lesson the hard way – by battling enormous credit card debt. Mercurynews.com reports:
The others I spoke to said they spent only what they can afford to pay back in full when the MasterCard and Visa bills start coming next month.
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