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$825,000,000,000.00

And this is teaching the next generation to be responsible how? I believe Henry Ford has one of the best quotes for this situation. It’s one that I most definitely agree with… “Let them fail; let everybody fail! I made my fortune when I had nothing to start with, by myself and my own ideas. [...]

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Sons of Anarchy: A Brief Review

It’s rare that I get as involved with a television series as I have with Sons of Anarchy. I’ve been watching it on Hulu since the Pilot, and really, really enjoy it. There are 13 episodes in the first season, and FX ordered a second 13 episode season on October 6th. The season finale aired [...]

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Can't say it was unexpected…

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Q&A with Lewis Schiff @ LivingAlmostLarge

There is a good article over at LivingAlmostLarge entitled “Q&A with Lewis Schiff” about ‘middle class millionaires’. Some statements that popped out at me; We see the competitive and driven nature of Middle-Class Millionaires emerging clearly in the form of mergers and acquisition (small business activity is way up) and aggressive investment for new opportunities. [...]

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California Activist Proposes Wealth Tax?

This just blows my mind. Why people think taxing the wealthy more will solve anything makes no sense to me. From the article: The measure would impose a new 35% income surtax (in addition to federal taxes and the existing 10.3% top state rate), and penalize people who leave the state by seizing 55% of [...]

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Bigger Grocery Bills On The Way…

From over at the Financial Times… “I think we need to tell the American consumer that [prices] are going up,” he said. “We’re seeing cost increases that we’ve never seen in our business.” Possibly Related Posts: Sons of Anarchy: A Brief Review Can't say it was unexpected…

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George Soros Predicts Worst Recession For 50 years

Fair Use, from http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,601,soros-predicts-worst-recession-for-50-years,13683 … Amid collapsing stock prices worldwide, the billionaire investor George Soros has told an Austrian daily, the Standard, that the United States is threatened with recession and the world is facing the worst financial crisis in half a century. “The situation is much more serious than any other financial crisis since the end [...]

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Automatic & Free College Savings with Upromise

For those who don’t know, I have three children who are currently 9, 6 & 5. This means my wife and I have three college educations to at least help with, if not pay for in full. It’s the least we can do for the joy and meaning our children have brought to our lives. [...]

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My Thoughts on Emergency Funds

I read an interesting article at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity that raised the question of whether one’s emergency fund should be located in a Money Market or High Yield Savings account. The author comes to the conclusion that you should keep part of your emergency fund in a high yield savings account and part in [...]

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Personal Finance

I’ve decided to start including posts about personal finance here, as it’s something that has been at the forefront of my mind lately. As with most things that are at the forefront of my mind, I’ve been reading about it – namely at blogs like Get Rich Slowly and The Simple Dollar. Get Rich Slowly’s [...]

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