Credit cards can be a financial slippery slope

  • Sunday, September 30th, 2012
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“He gets plenty of lectures,” say Arnold and Bobbi Jo O’Neal about their son, Taylor, a high school senior. “We figure it’s easier for him to learn from our mistakes than to go out and suffer himself.” The O’Neals came to financial stability after being overwhelmed with debt years ago. They enjoy Mount Pleasant’s Memorial Waterfront Park partly because it’s “just good, cheap entertainment.” Wednesday September 12, 2012. (Wade Spees/postandcourier.com)

“He gets plenty of lectures,” say Arnold and Bobbi Jo O’Neal about their son, Taylor, a high school senior. “We figure it’s easier for him to learn from our mistakes than to go out and suffer himself.” The O’Neals came to financial stability after being overwhelmed with debt years ago. They enjoy Mount Pleasant’s Memorial Waterfront Park partly because it’s “just good, cheap entertainment.” Wednesday September 12, 2012. (Wade Spees/postandcourier.com) Buy this photo