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BE Modern Man: Meet ‘The Planner’ Jamie D. Grant

Name: Jamie De’Sean Grant Age:  41 Profession: Financial Planner and President, JDG Wealth Management Group L.L.C. Social Media: Facebook: JDG Wealth Management Group L.L.C. | Twitter: JDG Wealth Mgmt Grp | LinkedIn: Jamie...

Yeah, I Got It On Layaway. What About It?

The buy-now, pay-later mentality of credit cards has been a major factor in reckless and irresponsible consumer behavior. Replacing layaway plans with easy access to high-interest credit has had devastating consequences for lower- and middle-income families, and black people in particular. The public embarrassment of buying goods on layaway (an admission that you were too poor to just buy what you wanted outright), has been replaced with the private shame of crushing credit card debt.

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