more than $15 trillion in growing. politicians are deadlocked on how to fix it. only you can tackle your own personal debt. lynnette is the founder of askthemoneycoach.com. are americans back to their bad old ways? we saw consumer credit up. are people more comfortable or living paycheck to paycheck? i think they are living paycheck to paycheck. we saw debt in november. american consumers added $20 billion to their credit cards. i think that people have this sense of frugal fatigue. we have hunkered down so long. it s the holidays, i have deprived myself so long, i m going to go spend. some people are comfortable because the economics numbers are going down. i asked people what they are doing to stay out of debt. one guy said save is my diet. stop eating and stop spending money. it s not easy. it s easy to say it s a money diet. how do you keep the resolutions? don t see it as a diet. if it is a diet, you are debrooifing yourself. if you get great advice about just use
missed the new hampshire debate last night. plus, if you re driving while sick, one study says it s just as bad as driving while drunk. why you shouldn t get behind the wheel if you re not feeling too well. and is there ever enough time in the day? we ll give you an idea about some extra time on the clock later this year. we ll explain. we start with politics and the race to be the republican presidential nominee. the new hampshire primary is now just two days away, so you could have expected fireworks at last night s abc news debate in manchester. well you may have been disappointed. there were a few shots fired, but surprisedi in surprisingl front-runner mitt romney wasn t always the target. we have the highlights. reporter: good morning, gary. round one of this doubleheader of debates this weekend up here in new hampshire is over, and guess what front-runner mitt romney is still the front-runner. the former massachusetts governor who s way ahead in polls in new
atlanta. you can see a lot of folks lining up there. expectation is herman cain will be emerging at some point as t.j. is trying to leave the room, but we re having a conversation here, aren t we? i m sorry. we re still talking. he may make an announcement. we know an announcement will be made. we re not clear what announcement is. we ll continue in for this race to the white house, whether i m dropping out, suspending. no way. fredricka, there is no way have you a grand opening and grand closing on the same day. i think that s a great point you re making. you can t gather donors, supporters, people together and say thanks for being here, i m done. curious to see what he will say. he will not say that. he s a tenacious individual. he might say i m in it to win it. i ll be watching. we ve got team coverage like you ve had all morning long shannon travis, everyone is position right there to help us understand and sort out all that we re about to hear, what we wi
she was going to save 50% on her car insurance. she hadn t shopped it around in ten years. she just sort of accepted the little incremental increase year-over-year and suddenly she was paying way over market for who she was and her credit and whether the fact she hadn t had any accidents. this is a worthwhile thing to do. finally, come june, here we are just trying to get out of holiday debt, you say start holiday savings account in june. i know. well, you know, if you re planning a wedding in june, this is not going to apply to you. you re going to be focusing on major purchases and expenses and you ll be doing the honeymoon planning in april for your june wedding. but for everybody else, one of the easiest things to do is to start early planning for your holiday spending and giving yourself circumstances months to put away say an extra $100 a month or $150 a month means that when december comes and you re ready to start shop, shop, shopping again, you re going to have a little
your home loan, auto loan. then you work your way to the credit card, starting off the highest ones first and then potentially paying off your balances. 0% for 24 months. something to consider as you re trying to chip away at the holiday debt. vera gibbons, thank you. thank you. now you re about to extend your holiday and go to a nice warm state. bill tells me it s warm. 70 degrees in that certain location. she s heading to florida, i hear. hey! i said it. i m sorry. coming up, a picture perfect post card from hawaii. rediscovery of america s paradise. for the smaller low-fat one, you ll cut about 12 grams of fat. then take alli with it to help boost your weight loss. so for every 2 pounds you work to lose, alli can help you lose 1 more. alli. how healthy works. executor of efficiency. you can spot an amateur from a mile away. while going shoeless and metal-free in seconds.