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Financial legend says living the gospel is the key

Anonymous | 9:56 p.m. May 16, 2009

As they say, even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Ruff in 1974:"Famine and Survival in America"
Ruff in 1981:"How to Prosper in the Coming Bad Years"
Ruff in 1999:"How to Prosper During the Hard Times Ahead: A Crash Course for the American Family in the Troubled New Millennium"
Ruff in 2008:"How to Prosper During the Coming Bad Years in the 21st Century"

What a Cheap Shot | 6:15 a.m. May 17, 2009

Anonymous at 9:56pm reminds us of the two scriptures "...and he went and hanged himself,..." "Go thou and do likewise"

Anonymous missed the point of the whole article. You don't know what lessons Mr. Ruff learned and taught the past 30+ years. You sound like some political journalists we know.
No wonder you won't state your name.

4 Anonymous - 9:56 | 7:10 a.m. May 17, 2009

Dude, you're taking sound bites (titles) out of context. Ruff may sound negative, but that's what it takes to get people's attention now-days.
He is actually one of the most realistic financial forecasters, and prepared my family and a lot people for the worst, so even if it didn't get that bad, we were still better off than our spendthrift neighbors.

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Instereo | 8:58 a.m. May 17, 2009

If Ruff sounds like he's negative, I'd say he is because it sells. It's sold for a lot of years to a group that was able to get into power and give us this mess. It's sad but LDS people who should be full of hope because of the gospel are instead full of fear because of our times. They are looking for the destruction of the world instead of the millennium.

In my life I'm going to look for the good. I'm not going to look for all the reasons I shouldn't be happy with what is at hand. I'm not going to be afraid but full of hope.

Anonymous | 11:02 a.m. May 17, 2009

Ruff said, the only sure way to surf through difficult times is to live the gospel.

Ruff said it can be scary to marry and to start a family without financial security assured, but that shouldn't stop or delay any young Mormon's plans.

Since when is marrying young and having too many children "living the gospel"???

Neil | 9:37 p.m. May 17, 2009

InStereo, finally someone who thinks the same I do. People have been predicting a fiancial meltdown ever since I was a toddler. It's all about fear vs faith. I don't have the energy or the desire to worry about everything that could or might happen.

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