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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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Today’s Debt Free Story is from Brian. He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt. How much debt did you pay off? What kind of debt was it?

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US Presidents and Personal Finance

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I wonder if that could be part of our national debt problem. He ended up hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and only salvaged his estate by selling (after his death) his civil war memoirs. million according to All the President’s Money: Where the Obama Invested in 2010. Grant also did poorly in personal finance.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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Well according to the bill’s sponsors, in the resolution presented to and passed by the 112 th Congress this March, we have a lot of issues to solve. Household debt stood at $13,200,000,000,000 at the end of the third quarter of 2010 (according to a 2011 ‘‘Flow of Funds’’ report by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System).

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

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Live Real, Now tells us how we can save money on anything from bills to insurance. Reducing Debt. Not Made of Money shares with us some tips on how to stay motivated at paying off our debt. I had to remind myself that being debt free was the first step to fulfilling my dreams. I say, limit your driving all together.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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The original Yakezie Carnival was first hosted on February 28, 2010 and was called the Yakezie Challenge Carnival. Good Financial Cents: What to Watch For With Debt Settlement Companies Considering using a debt settlement company? Here’s some tips to be wary of when trying to consolidate your debt.

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