{"id":366,"date":"2006-10-17T03:04:38","date_gmt":"2006-10-17T08:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequence-inc.com\/fraudfiles\/2006\/10\/17\/6-excuses-why-people-dont-save-money\/"},"modified":"2007-10-08T09:54:41","modified_gmt":"2007-10-08T14:54:41","slug":"6-excuses-why-people-dont-save-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/6-excuses-why-people-dont-save-money\/","title":{"rendered":"6 excuses why people don’t save money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bankrate.com ran a great article<\/a> about why consumers don’t save their money. It seems everyone’s got a reason, er, excuse … From their article:<\/p>\n

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  1. I don’t make enough money – Many people just spend their money until it’s gone. Tracking what you spend may help you control your spending, and therefore help you to save.<\/li>\n
  2. I’ll get around to it later – People are always putting off saving. However, saving little by little can add up fast.<\/li>\n
  3. I deserve a little luxury in my life – We’re in a society that promotes instant gratification. Saving is important too, and it’s okay to save for the treats you want too.<\/li>\n
  4. Someone else will take care of it – Many count on things like inheritances to start their savings. It’s wiser to be in control of your financial future early on.<\/li>\n
  5. I’m saving through my 401(k) – Retirement money is important, but you also need emergency funds for today’s problems.<\/li>\n
  6. This item or service will pay for itself – Rationalizing purchases is easy, but it may be wiser to save and create a financial future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bankrate.com ran a great article about why consumers don’t save their money. It seems everyone’s got a reason, er, excuse … From their article: I don’t make enough money – Many people just spend their money until it’s gone. Tracking […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Z0e-5U","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}