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Tax Benefits for Education

Posted on 11. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

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Should Your Community Print its own Currency?

Posted on 10. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

Did you know that printing and distributing local currency is completely legal? Under certain circumstances your local city could print its own currency – and because of the current economic conditions many are. First, the rules: The currency can’t resemble a US dollar Only paper currency can be printed – no coins allowed Any income [...]

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How Much Time Should You Spend On Your Finances?

Posted on 06. Sep, 2009 by Jason Guthrie.

There’s a concept in finance called “cost-benefit analysis” which involves calculating whether an item’s cost outweighs its benefit. For example, I spent 8 hours yesterday cleaning the apartment I just vacated. If I had bothered to perform a cost-benefit analysis, I would have asked myself whether or not the cost (8 hours of my time [...]

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Wisdom from Kevin Trudeau

Posted on 04. Sep, 2009 by richbond.

I wrote a couple months ago about Kevin Trudeau. I picked up his tome Debt Cures They Don’t Want You to Know About from the library out of morbid curiosity.  I haven’t finished the book, but there’s one quote that’s just priceless.  This quote sums up the book and the attitude Trudeau is selling with [...]

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