Check out the pic below. There was a kid in HEB screaming because his mom wouldn’t let him get something out of this machine. I thought to myself that he probably thought it was candy. No big deal.

But then the mom said “sorry baby no lottery tickets today…”

WHAT? Had this mom really let her 4 year old but lotto tickets before? My gosh!

Just another indicator that we have seriously screwed up our finances here in America.

I refuse to be that kind of parent. I want to raise Couper in such a way that he grows up able to handle his own finances and never accumulate ANY debt. No student loans. No car payments. No debt. Period. It IS do-able.

As far as the lotto goes, I am with dave ramsey who says “the lotto is a tax on the poor” and, as I like to add, the stupid.

Zak White www.zakwhite.com Sent from my iPhone