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Needs vs. Wants – Which Is Which?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most financial literacy courses and parents in the know believe that teaching the difference between something you need and something you want is key in being able to control spending and thrive financially. Food was preserved by canning, drying or storing in a cool cellar or the ice house. Really, are you sure ? Absolutely not!

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I Am Rich Because….

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Plentiful food with wide variety. We are privileged to have access to food from around the world, year round. We also have the luxury of having our food prepared for us. Bread, noodles, frozen dinners, pizzas, ice cream, boxed dinners, restaurant food and more await our microwaves for heating in under 3 minutes.

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Experience Based Graduation Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Parents of graduates have spent years guarding and protecting their child. Your son or daughter visits different relatives in different cities, taking a temporary job in each to earn gas money and pay back their hosts for food and etc. Expand horizons through travel. Your graduate volunteers for an overseas mission.

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A Matter of Perspective

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the movie Ratatouille, the food critic Anton Ego, said: “After reading a lot of overheated puffery about your new cook, you know what I’m craving? In a few months will the world be any worse off if the plumbing gets fixed a week from the now or in two weeks? A little perspective. That’s it. I don’t think so.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

Food truck Food trucks are hugely popular, often offering unique, specialty foods that often wouldn’t sell as easily in brick-and-mortar restaurants. Although you will need some funding to get this kind of endeavor started, it will certainly be a lesser-lift than some other food-service businesses.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Today a poor person in America probably has access to electricity, telephones, food, indoor plumbing, central heat and public transportation. In my Grandparents time, none of the neighbors had electricity, indoor plumbing or central heat. Her homes had coal furnaces with radiator heating, electricity and indoor plumbing.

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