Archive for March, 2008
Treat ‘em Mean, Keep ‘em Keen: Making Your Creditors Work for You
This is a guest post from Jonathan Leane from Master Your Card. Jonathan is a poor college student fighting to stay one step ahead of his loan repayments. Be sure to check out the site or subscribe to the RSS feed so you can learn to master your card. It was but several years ago [...]
Your Tax Dollars at Work: $42 Million Just to Mail Out Tax Rebate Reminder Letters
It doesn’t matter where you fall on the political spectrum, but you probably understand that government spending can be incredibly wasteful. There isn’t a better example than this mailing about to go out from the IRS just to inform people that they might be getting a rebate check later this year. That’s right, the IRS [...]
Friday Finance Findings For March 7th
For my sanity’s sake, I sure hope the markets can pull together a small rally in the next three weeks. If not, the first quarter of 2008 is going to be showing some disturbing numbers. I thought it was bad enough back in January when our fourth quarter statements were mailed and people were concerned [...]
Understanding Social Security Disability Benefits – Who’s Eligible and How it Works
While I’ve talked about the importance of having disability insurance in the past, a lot of questions still arise regarding Social Security disability benefits. Everyone seems to have a story, or know someone who’s receiving Social Security disability, so there is always some skepticism as to whether or not outside coverage is needed. Think of [...]
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