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Are You Middle Class?

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Although that probably wasn’t true, by the numbers, it was true for us psychologically. USA Today thinks that our vision comes from the 50’s when our parents and grandparents found good jobs, moved to the burbs and took vacations. Maybe that is why our credit card bills are so high!

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7 Steps To Homelessness And What To Do If You Get There

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She (we will call her Susan, although that is not her name) started life as a member of an industrious lower middle class family – one sibling, two parents married to each other. After a two year marriage, she divorced and came home to live with her parents. She charged up credit cards to buy food and clothing.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

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Your Finances Simplified: Tips on How you Can Improve Your Credit Score Piecing together clues from myfico.com and a lot of other resources, listed here are the top tips available for improving your credit score today. Through understanding psychology, one can predict how other investors will react to certain market events.

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