When the state of California raised the sales tax by another 1% on April 1, 2009 I was pretty pissed. What kind of government expects their residents to pay a whopping 10% tax on everything they buy? Pedro doesn’t want to pay $200 in taxes on his $2,000 60-inch LCD TV. Nancy shouldn’t have to […]
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Anybody can sell their services but not everybody can build and sustain a fruitful relationship. This is why making money is easier than building relationships. How many sets of friends have you had over your lifetime? How many acquaintances have come and gone? Too many in my mind. The other day, I became dismayed by one blogger
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Small business owners rock. The Bay Area is full of entrepreneurs and small business owners making the work work. The pandemic has made the value of online businesses more valuable. The simple reason is that you can’t shut down an online business! I originally wrote this post on August 26, 2010, a year and two
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Do you know what’s really annoying? When rich people call you cheap. Rich people have all the money in the world! Of course they don’t work about the little things. I ran into one of my golfing buddies the other day while waiting for a colleague. Greg the golfer is an every day fella who so
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The following is a guest post by Hime, one of Financial Samurai’s first readers. Hime is a manager at a strategy consultant firm who likes the violin and going on unplanned adventures. Hope you enjoy! All right everyone, how many times have you read an email and said to yourself “I don’t feel like replying
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Needs the carrot that makes you jump through hoops. Otherwise, it’s too easy to get lazy, get out of shape, and do nothing. I started Financial Samurai in 2009, and I’ve been writing 3-4X a week since. I’m constantly looking for motivation to continue because life is too good in America. If you’re wondering, the
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When I was thinking about what to write in this week’s Katana, I suddenly shouted out, “Crap! Taxes are due soon!” This is the first year where I actually owe money to the government and I’m not too pleased. For all intents and purposes, I should be happy that I got a free multi-thousand loan for
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As I wrote in my review of “Your Money Ratios”, Charles’ book sings to me. Charles has the ability to simplify complicated financial topics for the average reader to understand. His book is seriously one of the best books I’ve read on personal finance in a long while. One of the keys to progress is
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Anybody want to guess what happened on Wed, January 19, 2010 right before the market fell off a cliff? The people got rocked. If you guessed Obama delivered a politically charged speech to rally for his own support and crucify others, you’re right! On Wed, January 19th, Obama went on national TV to tell the world,
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