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Easy: there's a saying, you borrow somebody else's money for a time, but pay back your own and for good. So paying off debts is inherently a much less pleasant activity, which people want to avoid thinking about. Combine that with the complexity a typical financial arrangement entails, and peoples inability to comprehend basic math, and you can see why they don't manage their debt better.



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