Discovering Your Master
In ancient Babylon, a slave was able to earn a few extra shekels on his own time, after completing his master’s work, to save toward buying his way out of slavery. He could actually redeem (repurchase) himself. We, too, may redeem ourselves from the bondage of bad debt. Perhaps you do not feel like you are in bondage, but if you stop paying your bills, what happens? You find out who your master is. The more bad debt you have stacked up, the more severe your master will be in collecting her due.
— Jon Hanson, Good Debt, Bad Debt
