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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. In their minds, part of the college experience is being an (almost) adult, which in turn means access to credit. Your credit rating is a precious thing.

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Delayed Gratification: A Strategy to Curb Over-Spending and Secure A Sound Financial Future

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over-spending has become a way of life, cheered on by financial institutions and credit card companies, who want us to spend up big so they can earn ever more interest, at our expense. Easy access to credit has helped to make this process so easy; we don’t even need to have the cash. I would love to hear your story.

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