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.
The only sure way to get rid of a debt is to pay what you owe or at least an agreed upon part of what you owe.If your ultimate goal is to put your debt behind you and move on with a clean slate, I advise you to contact the collectors listed on your credit report for the accounts you know are yours.