America needs to pay back its debt and find sustainable ways to get money into the system and create jobs.

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"It means I haven't got the money to go shopping, I'm just able to cover my bills and not get into debt at the moment, " she says.

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He wants to make sure they get through college debt-free, and he's willing to tap into our retirement account if needed.

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It can either set you up for lifetime career success and high earnings or sink you into debt with few avenues to get ahead of it.

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The government is trying to fix the economy not just by cutting the deficit, and eventually debt, but also by trying to get the economy into the right shape so it can compete internationally.

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But holding credit card debt rather than medical debt could hinder your ability to get financial assistance if you run into trouble paying your bills.

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So, given the idea that the economy is improving, traders are able to avert their attention from the misery that is the European debt mess and get into the holiday spirit.

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If an inevitable Soviet debt rescheduling is undertaken now, we can clear the decks albeit with substantial pain of pre-coup communist debt and get to the task of working closely with the most reformist republics to bring them into the Western economic and financial community.

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