I ran across this from an article, "
10 of Ben Franklin’s Lesser-Known Feats of Awesomeness," and thought it was apt. I know Ben's mustachianism has been well-documented, but this is one of his "lesser-known" acts of badassity, after all:
4. BEN WAS NO DEBTOR.
Ben was terrified of debt and viewed it as similar to slavery because he believed that, through the acquisition of debt, man essentially sold his own freedom. He was so anti-debt that he often spoke (seriously) about forming an international organization called The Society of the Free and Easy for virtuous individuals who, among other things, were free of debt and, therefore, easy in spirit.
