Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JANUARY 10, 2017
With interest rates so low, why not spend now, using debt, instead of waiting for inflation and higher interest rates to kick in and raise the price of goods and services. Spendthrifts,” by contrast, experience too little pain of paying and typically spend more than they would ideally like to spend.”
Finally Frugal
JANUARY 8, 2011
In any case, I came across an article with suggestions for how to use this windfall. This may be especially useful for those of us who - whether currently or in our spendthrift past - may be likely to fritter that money away as soon as it shows up in our paychecks. before my spendthrift side can get its grubby paws on it.
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
NOVEMBER 11, 2013
The actual result was that other members took that as an opportunity to take on several improvement projects this year, thereby using up any reserve funds we might accumulate with the increased $60 a month fee. Could I have changed that result by anticipating the members’ reactions? Possibly, but not likely.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 29, 2014
If one of you is a spendthrift and one is a saver, financial feuding will be a given unless the two of you can find a way that is agreeable to both of you to manage your disparate financial personalities. Of course, the spendthrift isn’t let off easily. In addition, a system of checks and balances may need to be set up.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. 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.
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