Comments on: Scared Broke http://www.pfadvice.com/2010/11/15/scared-broke/ Bridging the gap between saving money and investing Thu, 23 May 2013 03:01:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Chris http://www.pfadvice.com/2010/11/15/scared-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-893280 Chris Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:49:58 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=6757#comment-893280 Fear is a strong motivator. It is no wonder that advertisers use it effectively. I watch a little bit of TV and tune out the negative fear inducing advertisements.

I have also found that I don’t watch much news programming anymore or even pay attention to the news in the papers. I used to be into current events and now find that it is mostly negative. The news media has found that people respond to negativity and are fear motivated as well…

]]> By: Dee http://www.pfadvice.com/2010/11/15/scared-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-881206 Dee Sun, 21 Nov 2010 20:32:49 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=6757#comment-881206 Try reading the “active ingredients” list on toothpaste.
Except for toothpaste for sensitive teeth, you will see only one ingredient: flouride. Check that same list on every variety of toothpaste, from plain cavity fighting to whitening, enamel strengthening, gum disease, and combinations of all of the above. Same active ingredient: flouride. Ingredients in the “inactive ingredients” will be different, but hey, they’re “inactive” (fillers, thickeners, flavoring, etc.) Oh, and the labeling on the box is different too.
Different results from the same active ingredient? I think not.
Just brush and floss daily with the cheap stuff. You’ll be fine.

]]> By: Sonja http://www.pfadvice.com/2010/11/15/scared-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-877219 Sonja Fri, 19 Nov 2010 20:55:43 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=6757#comment-877219 It isn’t just advertisers using the fear tactic US politicians do it too. If we don’t bail out the banks we’re all doomed. If we don’t bail out Fanny and Freddie our housing market will collapse. If we don’t bail out AIG the insurance market will collapse. If we don’t bail out the auto companies the last sliver of manufacturing in the US will disappear. Grow a thick skin folks, fear tactics apparently work and thus they aren’t going away.

]]> By: thriftygal http://www.pfadvice.com/2010/11/15/scared-broke/comment-page-1/#comment-872205 thriftygal Tue, 16 Nov 2010 13:38:50 +0000 http://www.savingadvice.com/articles/?p=6757#comment-872205 Amen. We have been living in a fear driven society for the last 9 years and advertisers have jumped on that bandwagon. Car commercials are the worst. It’s a miracle human society has managed to survive without all these safety innovations.

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