Why Budgeting Advice Sucks

Financial experts claim budgeting is empowering. For many people, they’re anything but.

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I get palpitations merely thinking about finances. Like many Americans, I’m in debt. The debt I have now is credit card debt, but other people have student loan debt, mortgage debt, medical debt, or auto loan debt instead of credit card debt or in addition to it. Such is the price for living under late-stage capitalism where your…