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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Some of our presidents didn’t really have it all together on the personal level. We toured Monticello in 2005 and learned that Thomas Jefferson, one of my favorite presidents died a pauper. Grant also did poorly in personal finance. Not all of the US presidents were bad at personal finance.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. Why do we need it? According to the resolution: Twenty-five.6 Your children know that you are saving money. Then you are not included in the statistics listed above.