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Posts made in August, 2010
So many times we make financial decisions without researching the implications of those decisions. This is unsafe for so many reasons, but one important reason you should always consider is the effect of those financial decisions on your credit score.
The amount of your credit that is currently used: At one point, I had $3900 of...
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In March of 2010, President Obama signed into law the health care bill, and on this bill was what political scientists call a “rider.” In short, a rider is a section of a larger bill that is totally unrelated to the main purpose of a bill. Legislators will often put these in bills that are likely to pass in order to pass things...
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Today I present to you my paper on capitalism. Ready?
Okay, I’m totally kidding. If you stuck with me, thank you. I’m going to talk about capitalist systems, similar to what we have in the United States. First, I suppose I should define it. In short, capitalism is an economic system where production, distribution, supply, and...
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Credit cards can be incredibly useful; all through high school I had one with a small ($500) limit that I was to use “for gas only.” Now, needless to say, my family never taught me good money management skills (sadly, my mom was almost $15,000 in credit card debt at one point), so I had to learn on my own, as I mentioned in...
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It’s interesting to read a lot of the things that people are writing about this year when it comes to the off-year elections. Elections for President are held every 4 years, but elections for Senators are every 6, and Congressmen (members of the House of Representatives) are reelected every other year. This means that about 1/3 of...
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