The Contra Costa Republican Party’s financial situation is even worse than recently reported. The Central Committee’s most recent PUBLIC financial report to the State of California shows a negative balance of $8.97. This after that organization’s PUBLIC Federal report showed unpaid...

There’s a charming old picture of the hoary Universalist church in Oxford, Massachusetts with retail space on its ground floor and the meeting-space above. Wise, that. Empty churches — by which I mean the buildings — are bad stewards no matter where or when they are, and these days...

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When I was near my financial low point, I was literally paying hundreds a month in finance charges on my credit cards. That money was an enormous burden at the time, since I didn’t have any savings built up and I was also dealing with the “startup” expenses of having a new baby in ...

Everyone seems to be struggling for money right now, don’t they? Everywhere you turn. There’s nothing more isolating than discovering you’ve got no money, or not enough money to get you through to pay day if you’re lucky enough to have a job. But remember, the very rich are f...

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A decent man in a snakepit Stephen Timms is Financial Secretary to the Treasury. He is also a calm, intelligent, decent man. How do we know? Because once in a another lifetime, Tyler used to see him regularly in a financial services customer/supplier relationship. An unlike certain other customers, ...

This article was syndicated from: Wealth Junkies The Ripples of Personal Finance It’s easy to get caught up in the thinking that we make personal finance decisions just for the sake of managing out money. The fact is, though, that every decision we make about personal finance can ripple throug...

Here’s a Canadian’s perspective on why university education should be free by Heather Mallick. Of course, I think it well worth considering, even if the perspective comes across as more cold hard economic rationalism.. the comments therefore represent that line - but when in Rome hey! I ...