4 Dirty Little Words

"I Can't Afford That"

There that sounds better.

Bingeing and Purging the mouth of the oral diarrhea that flows mellifluously from the mouth is good for the soul.

It's called radical honesty.

Some psychotherapists use it as a tool. A talk therapy tool
that minions pay them upwards of 100 bucks an hour for just to hear them talk about how to say "I'm Sorry, I Can't Afford That". A therapist is not a budget director or money manager. In fact there should be a plaque on the therapists door. "If you're here to talk about your money woes Bear Stearns was down the hall. I am not here to hear about your money problems. Go away. This of course would be specifically for all the white collar people 20,000+ who lost their jobs recently from the ahhhhhh subcrime mortgage loan sharks who refused to take "I Can't Afford That" as an answer. Sometimes they never even checked to see if these people had jobs. Who's fault is that?



Remember to put the "I'm sorry" before the 4 little words so it sounds like you're guilty.

"I'm sorry, I can't afford that".


Therein lies the key to admitting to the crime.

See how the vicious cycle continues.

Somebody says "I can't afford that"...somebody convinces them they can.....Somebody ends up in the same boat as the convincer. Vicious. Vicious loan sharks cycle.



In This American Life episode Ira Glass interviews everybody and I mean everybody, who was or could be remotely involved in the Housing Bubble Bursting Crises Mortgage Meltdown monsterthing and the fallout from thereof. Titled THE GIANT POOL OF MONEY, This American Life hears from the lowliest of low to the highest of the high. Glass puts it all in a very well thought out patterned nutshell and is well worth a listen while you work story.

I guess this could've been titled the 4 dirty little words + 1

THE GIANT POOL OF MONEY but that would'nt fit the crime of saying "I Can't Afford That. "I CAN NOT AFFORD THAT" would though. 5 dirty little words. THE GIANT POOL OF MONEY and I CAN NOT AFFORD THAT.

That fits.