Which is to say, the speaker has acknowledged that the accounting shenanigans used to get this bill passed in the teeth of statutory spending constraints are basically bullsh**. But thereâs a lot of bullsh** going around Washington just now.
So then I tried the âlittle debtsâ approach. You knowâ¦ Pay off the smallest debt, then take the payment you were making on that and put it against the next debt. Thatâs often called the debt snowball, and the idea behind it is that seeing that âwinâ early is supposed to motivate you.
3. Pay this debt down first: high-interest credit card balances. It can be easy to run up a large credit card balance. And once you do, it's not easy to pay it off. The minimum payments are typically low, which means you are paying mostly interest, so it will take much longer to pay off the balance. And it will cost you more. So if you can, consider paying more than the minimum each month. Avoid using a credit card to finance purchases.