It's the holiday season, so today we have no industry experts, and we won't talk about numbers. Instead, our focus is on real people with real financial problems.

Money problems are nothing new. In fact, back during the Great Depression, financial problems were rampant, and that's when a song written in 1930 became very popular.

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime tells the story of man who was building a dream, but the dream ended. What happened? That's our story today on Debt Free in 30.