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Unintended Consequences

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Individuals, families and workplaces are complex organisms with multiple constantly changing parts and pieces. A person, trying to help a family member figure out how to pay taxes on their home and thus be able to keep possession of the fully paid off home suggested that the family member take in a roommate to earn some extra money.

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, I can’t believe people are making big bucks telling other people how to control their spendthrift ways, or sharing how to shave a few cents off a grocery bill. I cut the family’s hair. Eating out or going to a movie were once a year events. We changed our own oil and rotated our own tires.

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