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Debtfree Issue 202402 - DB

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FROM THE EDITOR<br />

Everyone has debt but few of us like to talk about<br />

it. It is almost as if it is a bad thing or something. It<br />

is interesting that in English we use two words to<br />

refer to the same thing, namely: credit and debt.<br />

One we all want and the other we all don’t want. Which is made<br />

all the stranger by the fact that we are actually just talking about<br />

the same thing.<br />

Debt can destroy lives, can stress you out, it can break families<br />

and relationships and can even make you physically ill. So, yes.<br />

Debt is often a bad word.<br />

The question is: what can you do about it?<br />

These days we are all finding ourselves squeezed from every<br />

side and accessing credit has become a lifeline for many who<br />

are struggling to make ends meet.<br />

But even as we use that lifeline it can start to feel more and<br />

more like a noose that begins to squeeze us more and more.<br />

This month we join others in talking about debt awareness and<br />

the options you have for dealing with your debt. If debt is the

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