To: letters@guardian.co.uk
Re: Why we are borrowing too much . . .
Date: Tuesday 30 March 04

Dear Editor,

"Warnings fail to halt record borrowing" (30 March 04). 

It is hardly surprising when the credit industry is incessantly spending a fortune encouraging us to borrow: everywhere I look - on billboards, TV, radio, at the bank, even in the Post Office, as I queued up to be served, I had to file past this man-high advertising screen: 

Why wait? With a Post Office personal loan you can have the money tomorrow