So far, I have gone over how to save money on the major expenses you will deal with. However, now it is time to focus on the little things, that many people don't pay attention to.... more »
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The free market is efficient and just.
People have the right to forcibly defend their property, and part of their property right... more »
For the amount of people who absolutely love complaining you would think there would more solutions and businesses, but this is not the case. While people are never at a shortage of finding ... more »
It is important to understand that people in America are becoming less educated. Our schools are not educating students with the same level of education they were 50 years ago. Our readi... more »
"Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool." - Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
The term "Conspicuous Consumption" was first coined by economist Thorstein Veblen in his book The Theory ... more »
"When you use the term "budget" when speaking to most people, they automatically assume that you don't have much money. The people who feel this way lack a basic understanding of both econom... more »
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. - Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Today, the banking and credit card industry are nothing more than predatory lenders to most p... more »
It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes. Distinctions in society will always exist under every just government. - Pre... more »
The only man who sticks closer to you in adversity than a friend is a creditor. - Author Unknown
Since the average American carries tens of thousands of dollars in students loans, cred... more »
An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life. - Anonymous
In the past, it was very simple. Aft... more »
I want to bring this chapter to a conclusion by talking about saving money on healthcare. A Harvard study recently found that illness and medical bills caused over half of the 1,458,000 per... more »
Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like. – Will Smith
At the end of the Second World War, the U.S. govern... more »
A primary rule about cars you must always remember is: Cars Are NOT Investments. Of course there are exceptions to every rule and there are a few exceptions here, but in general cars are de... more »
As we grow up we are constantly bombarded with images of celebrities and athletes wearing expensive clothes, shoes, and jewelry at awards shows and events on news outlets. What many people ... more »
Like the cost of just about everything you need to survive, the price for food has continued to increase in recent years. While it was possible for a single person to live on $90 worth of fo... more »
Every so often, I run across a news article that further confirms that saving money is no longer common sense in today's world. I recently ran across one such article when reading Yahoo News... more »
The mint makes it first, it is up to you to make it last. - Evan Esar (1899 – 1995)
Of all your living expenses, there can be no doubt that your housing will be the most costly. Whethe... more »
While these rules are quite simple, they are not easy to follow. If you are like most people, it is likely that you have a number of living expenses. While many of these expenses are necessa... more »
When you watch the typical late night infomercial or peruse the Internet, you will be bombarded with numerous ways to make money, and this is the precise problem with American society. Every... more »
Today, there are three kinds of people: the have's, the have-not's, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-have's. - Earl Wilson
Mary and John are an American couple. They are in their ear... more »
Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies. - Thomas Jefferson
If you are not familiar with the Fed, you should be. While many Americans are under the false misconcept... more »
I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living. - John D. Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller is a true American success story who frequently stressed that thrift was esse... more »
In a free-market economy the idea of bailing out a bank, or any business for that matter, is just something that should never occur. Bailing out any business in a free-market economy is to c... more »
This may not seem apparent to most people, but it has been going on for a long time. Giving people easy loans almost always will increase the actual cost of an item and raises the prices in ... more »
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to tell you that college is expensive - and increasingly so. But why is this? Why is it that college prices go up? Why do costs for technology like mobile ... more »
Probably the main reason education is expensive is because people don't WANT to be educated. What do I mean by that? Think about it for a second. If people really wanted to become educated t... more »
It has become increasingly popular in this day and age for people to use our school system and college as their answer to everything. It has been built up and esteemed as the end all to our ... more »
Although it must be certainly stated that college does have many benefits that can help catapult a graduate into career stardom, there is also a much darker side of college that is hardly no... more »
