Owning a Car Can be Expensive [caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Photo: flickr. via bbqjunkie"][/caption] The thought about owning a car can be exciting for anyone. With the many models, brands and colors to choose from, a potential buyer may feel overwhelmed. To purchase a car today, you will need to find the best financing for your budget. ...

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How the First Credit Card Came to Be In America, credit card history isn’t something most people think about. This is because credit, and thus credit cards, seem to be a timeless method of payment. However, the use of plastic payments is, for the most part, a twentieth century luxury. At the dawn of the 20th ...

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It’s pretty clear by now that I have a different relationship with money than when I started Get Rich Slowly. I’m by no means perfect with the stuff, but I’ve become firmly entrenched in the camp that sees money as a tool. (I used to see it only as a means to instant gratification.) Here’s a ...

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I suppose you could live your entire life without going into debt, though modern middle class society in the United States seems to be designed to require at least some debt. Even if young adults can complete their education without taking on student loan debt, just about all new homeowners need a mortgage in order ...

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Earlier today the House of Representatives passed a bill to encourage more charitable contributions for recovery in Haiti. Once this bill passes the Senate and is signed into law by the President, and I expect it won’t be long until this law is official, those of us who have donated or will donate cash before ...

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