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US Presidents and Personal Finance

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This, even though he inherited 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves from his father! Grant also did poorly in personal finance. In more recent times, President Truman also did poorly on the personal finance front. Not all of the US presidents were bad at personal finance. He earned 1.57

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

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There’s Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day, Nurses Day, Bosses Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Black History Month and now – since 2004, Financial Literacy Month. On March 28, 2012 the Senate passed Resolution 409 that officially recognized April as National Financial Literacy Month.