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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My grown kids are also savers and I have high hopes that the grandchildren will follow their example. Helping the parents teach my grandchildren to save is an ongoing project of mine. Both are now old enough to open a bank savings account. To learn to live within your means is one of our primary family money values.

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How to Have Your Cake and Eat It Too

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A Charitable Lead Trus t lets you give away the income from your assets for a certain number of years but keep the principal and pass it to your heirs without any (or with at least reduced) estate or gift taxes. That same Times article explains it this way: “Michael O. Giving: Does It Always Have To Be About The Money? Give Back Money Tips'

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