By Peter Taylor


Over the past few years most Americans have heard all about all the bailouts that banks are getting. Even going further than that the government popped up with a stimulus package to apparently ramp up the economy but all it did was give the money to large corporations for their pet projects without creating any jobs at all. Now in 2011, the US still has a work rate of 9.2% nationwide. That does not appear like the commercial stimulus did anything for the residents of the US. Most Americans are buried under a hill of credit card debt, waiting for a job so they do not have to apply for bankruptcy. Mostly, if these people wait too long, filing insolvency will not even help.

When talking about debt, the statistics speak up for themselves, the average American household has $20,000 in credit card debt. That is a lot of money when you consider that $20,000 is also six months income of the standard US citizen household. Most people don't understand that they will possibly never be in a position to pay this debt down. With interest rates up around 21 to 26% for mastercards, folks in this situation typically can hardly make the minimum payment. That's why filing insolvency could be the sole industrial kick that these people will ever get. This central government does lots of chatting, but when it comes down to it they are not paying your bills.

It's only common-sense to take a look at your financial affairs and see that unless you win the lotto you'll never be capable of paying this off. All you've got to do is make notes of all your bills to form a budget and figure out if you never charged on the cards ever again how long would it take you to pay them off. If it's over six years, the odds are against you. When you are facing this kind of situation it's time to go speak with a bankruptcy lawyer to work out if bankruptcy can help your present situation.

There are 2 main chapters of bankruptcy for people. These are Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 insolvency. Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the commonest and is king for an individual or family that's got a large amount of unsecured debts like mastercards, medical bills and small business loan . Filing Chapter 7 insolvency will wipe out all of these debts and if the debtor has no secured debts there is a possibility that they'll come out of bankruptcy being debt free. This sounds a bit like a pretty good impulse package if you ask me. On the other side of the fence, Chapter 13 insolvency is the best for people who are trying to protect their property from being lost to foreclosure. In a Chapter 13, the debtor has their bankruptcy attorney make a repayment agreement which will last 3 to 5 years. The Chapter 13 repayment schedule is based upon the amount the debtor can afford with secured debt being paid for and all others be paid if something is left over. A Chapter 13 insolvency allows the debtor to keep their property while becoming caught up on back payments.

The beautiful thing about insolvency is once the bankruptcy attorney files a petition with the court, the creditors can no longer trouble the debtor's to collect on the amount due. People that are wrestling payslip to payslip and in many cases unemployment check to unemployment check to get by, have no need for extra pressure from nasty creditors demeaning them. Don't wait for commercial impulse from the government to save you, bankruptcy could be the sole boost you'll ever get.




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