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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

Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Your children know that you are saving money.

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Consumer Choices – Your first stop for price comparison

Discount Coder UK

Set up way back in 2005 by three entrepreneurs, it has grown into a ten-site offering covering broadband, home phones, digital telly, personal finance, gas and electricity, insurance, breakdown protection, boiler cover and mobile phones. read more.