Originally posted by: oboeguy
	
	
		
		
			Originally posted by: vrbaba
Too many people with CC debt, its amazing how they manage to spend more than they can afford. Putting a necessity on a CC and paying it over time, or student loans, or mortgage or car loan seems normal. But just spending without limits is beyond me.
		
		
	 
No kidding!  And the OP... you'd rather pay a stupid tax on your investment than pay off a high interest CC?  You're crazy.  Seriously, unless your investment return is higher than your CC interest rate, you're being really, really dumb.  That brings up another point: not all debt is not bad.  Big banks know this.  Ever heard of leverage?
		
 
		
	 
it's symbolic, really.
I just feel like as long as my grad school money remains untouched (except for adding to it), it means that I'm still commited to going back to college.
I don't normally walk around with this big of a balance on my CC, but I completely furnished my living room in december and didn't finance any of it (they knocked $300 off my total price if I agreed to pay it off in full), so I charged all of my christmas expenses to  my credit card and only paid $250 on it for december and january.
I wrote the check for my furniture last week, so I'll probably pay off my CC on Feb. 15th with my first paycheck in February (figuring my Jan. 30th check will go towards rent, utilities, etc)