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Should We Still Be Spending Money And Having Fun While Deep In Consumer Debt?

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Consumer debt is bad. Please don’t accumulate credit card debt and other debt if you want to achieve financial freedom. During the depths of the financial crisis, one of the proposals I sent to the Obama administration was to institute spending curbs based on high school or college grade point averages. It didn’t matter whether […]

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Why Are The Employed So Smug About The Unemployed?

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Hear that? That is the sound of another self-righteous employed person complaining about the unemployed sucking up resources and driving the government deficit further into the red. Who cares employed people??  You guys aren’t the ones who are struggling to find a job in this economy! Several Truths About Being Unemployed 1) Few can live a

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The Net Worths Of American Presidential Candidates Back In 2016

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We all know that Donald Trump won the presidency after Obama. During this time, Donald Trump’s net worth has tanked given the contentiousness of his presidency so far. This was a guest post that highlights the net worth of American presidential candidates. Today, Joe Biden is President and plans to raise taxes and push a

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When Did Being Rich Become So Evil?

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With good intention, I proposed one way to help level the playing field through a Wealth Identification Program run by our all-powerful government. By identifying wealthy people who got wealthy through 100% luck (born into wealth), we could empower decision makers to make more informed choices when deciding between equally qualified candidates. Whether a decision maker chooses

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Who Is The Middle Class? We Are All Middle Class Citizens!

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If you read my “Definitions Of A Middle Class Income” article, you’ll come across my theory that almost all of us identify as middle class, no matter how much we make. Post-pandemic, it’s even more important to stay in the middle class given the K-shaped recovery. Further, President Biden is focused on supporting the middle class

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Do The Rich And Powerful Want To Keep The Middle Class Down?

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The one thing I wondered when reading that 100% of people who make over $500,000 are very happy is whether rich and powerful people WANT the middle class to stay poor. Popular media loves to report that money doesn’t buy happiness beyond a very average level of income. But it’s clear that the rich have successfully manipulated

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