Whatta Ya Mean Don't Pay The Bills?

Here's a question for ya. If your family suddenly, or even not so suddenly, finds itself unable to pay it's bills, what does it do? Folks in Washington would have you believe that you just don't pay the bills. Do you believe that statement? I sure don't. They're right when they say that the family cuts out all the expenses it can. That much is obvious. No more movies, no more eating out, maybe even eliminating the family vacation. But you still take the kids to the doctor on time and the dentist too. You need heat and lights and food on the table and a roof over your heads. Even clothes for school. But after that, if it isn't enough, you don't stop paying the bills. Now the folks in Washington would have you believe that's the right thing to do. Well, let me tell you that those statements are coming from people who have no idea what families who are up against it do. These Congressmen and Senators telling you this are people who are making six figure incomes or more and haven't the faintest idea what such a family does. There are two kinds of people who will tell you that stopping paying of bills is the thing to do. There are those who have never been in that position, like our legislators, or people who are just lazy. Because the next thing, or even maybe the first thing that family does is to go out and get a second job, or third job. Whatever it takes to pay the bills on time. It's a matter of pride and it's just common sense. Because if you don't pay the bills on time you start to get phone calls from collectors. Then somebody repossess the car or turns off the electric or whatever. Good folks who find themselves in financial trouble do everything they can to increase their income as well as decrease their expenditures. In fact I'm not sure it's a good idea to suggest to people who are in financial trouble that it is a good ideas to stop paying their bills. So the next time you hear a talking head using the example of a family who can't pay it's bills so it stops paying them, you know that this is one talking head who has it's head somewhere no head should be.