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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Some of our presidents didn’t really have it all together on the personal level. I wonder if that could be part of our national debt problem. This, even though he inherited 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves from his father! Grant also did poorly in personal finance. He earned 1.57

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Hello and welcome to the 316th Carnival of Personal Finance- Family Edition. Philip from Deliver Away Debt shares his story: How I Delivered Away My Debt. Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site asks What is Your Financial Plan B? How about you? What do you think? What do you think?

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

There’s Mothers Day, Fathers Day, Grandparents Day, Nurses Day, Bosses Day, Administrative Assistant’s Day, Breast Cancer Awareness Day, Black History Month and now – since 2004, Financial Literacy Month. On March 28, 2012 the Senate passed Resolution 409 that officially recognized April as National Financial Literacy Month.

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How to Manage Different Investment Risk Tolerances Between Spouses

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

One is for each person to separately create their own money story by thinking about things such as: 2 of your earliest money memories. what you learned your mother and father about money. Taking on debt never has bothered me, because I have always felt that we kept it under control and no matter what, would pay it off.