2008 Credit Credit Cards Emergency Fund 
Saving Cents With Sense
MAY 26, 2014
Income should include all funds from paychecks, government assistance, annuity payments and so forth. Build a Budget & Emergency Fund. Cut out unnecessary spending and use that money to build an emergency fund. When it comes to contributing additional money to this fund, explore all your options.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
That was in 2008, so you might imagine how that turned out! I wasn’t comfortable keeping only $1,000 in an emergency fund with two little ones and just one income, so we didn’t follow that part of his plan. After we had kids, though, I stayed home, so we continued making the minimum payment for years.
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