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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. She lost both of her jobs in the course of a month, and they consequently couldn’t meet the mortgage payments on their almost new home as a result.

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How to Handle the Stock Market Roller Coaster Ride?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Can I meet my sanitary needs if sanitary sewer and water infrastructures collapse? If you want to read up on that stuff, plenty of it was written in 2008 and 2009. This economic downturn is just the ticket to accomplish some of those actions. Share tips on surviving economic downturns within the family. Hughes, Jr.

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Can’t Afford Private School? It May Not Matter.

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to the latest study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), randomly selected 15 year old students in America are almost average compared to counterparts in 70 participating countries. Just average. Tuition for boarding schools was close to $37,017. (Of

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