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Who’s Responsible for My Financial Crisis?

stop from Crestock Royalty Free Images I recently came across this anonymous article and was impressed enough to want to include it here.  Although I know there are many circumstances that our beyond our control and that many people have been doing everything right and are still facing financial challenges, there is also much truth [...]

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Who Can Afford Health Insurance?

[ An Apple a Day from Crestock Creative Images I am a non-polical person.  I do my best to avoid the debates between parties and I don’t believe someone like myself who is not actively partiscipating in the struggle to change the system has a right to bad mouth the efforts of those who are [...]

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Money Saving Tips For New Parents

As a new grandparent (for the 2nd time), I was thinking this morning about how things have changed since I raised my daughter.  When my daughter was young the new innovations available were microwave ovens and VHS players.  My grandson turned eighteen on his last birthday.  I remember watching in wonderment as he whizzed around [...]

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Invest Early – High Pay-off in the Long Run

Adorable child with moneybox savings from Crestock Stock Photos This is one lesson that I did not put into practice and lived to regret.  When I was young, I lived my life as if there would be no tomorrow.  I certainly did not give any thought to what I would live on when I retired.  [...]

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My Notes – March 15, 2010

How to Handle a Door-to-Door Salesman March 15, 2010 – I think Lotich’s insights about salesmen should be extended further to reading catalogs and watching commercials on TV. Since the advent of DVRs and TIVOS I rarely sit and watch commercials and I don’t browse malls for entertainment. So why would I want to leaf [...]

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