Benefits Think Tip of the Day: Make the most of the financial ‘new normal’

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At EBN’s annual conference in September, keynoter Dave Ramsey said the recession was helping to make “credit cards the cigarettes of the financial world.” New survey stats from Country Financial seem to back him up, as more consumers say they plan to go cold turkey on credit.

CF reports that 61% of respondents say they’ve been adversely affected by the recession (that few?), with 52% saying their personal road to recovery will be at least two years long.


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