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I had a chance to watch a very interesting section of the Oprah Winfrey show the other day, and considering the financial meltdown in the United States today, it was a very timely show.

The show was all about being honest with ourselves when it comes to finances (where all the money goes), and it dealt with the big lie that many Americans are currently living with--the big lie that they can afford the big house with all of the toys and never really have to get around to paying for it!

They had a couple on the Oprah Winfrey show that were over ninety thousand dollars in debt on credit cards alone (the pictures of Oprah--her emotions--were priceless), and there are many other people with far more credit card debt than that. The worst part of the aforementioned couple's problems though was that it was costing them, if I recall my facts correctly, over three thousand dollars a month just to service their credit card debt!

So, they were in the process of losing their beautiful home, right there on the Oprah Winfrey show (in front of millions of people) as a result of their out of proportion spending. They were having to come face to face with reality and honesty and admit that they had overspent and couldn't afford it all.

But, they are on the right track now, as they're getting out of debt and the next time around they'll be far more honest about what they really can and cannot afford--the Oprah Winfrey show has an expert assigned to them that is following up on their finances in order to to give them a greater chance of success.

If you haven't seen it, see if you can get it online--it's worth the view.