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Are You Middle Class?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

” A Wall Street Journal poll found that respondents with earnings between 30,000 and $100,000 all said that their income level was middle class. Maybe that is why our credit card bills are so high! And then there is the media. Lots of our shows perpetuate the image that we all have a right to middle class affluence.

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4 Tips To Starting Your Financial Plan

Saving Cents With Sense

Only 32 percent of Americans prepare a monthly budget, according to a Gallup poll taken in June 2013. Let’s say one of your goals is to improve your credit rating quickly to get a better rate on a 30-year mortgage, and you’re carrying two credit cards with balances. Never Pass up Free Money.