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Super-simplified 401(k) Plan: Good Choice for Today’s Self-employed
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words’¦ Super-simplified 401(k) Plan: Good Choice for Today’s Self-employed As a small business owner, you should be both interested and concerned about two prevailing…
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McMansions and the Carbon Tax
‘œThe houses that he makes last till doomsday.’ ‘“ William Shakespeare Here’s one to throw the McMansion crowd into a tizzy on a Monday morning. Kenneth R. Harney at the Washington Post writes, ‘œTo add to the mortgage meltdown miseries, the credit panic, the plunging home sales and the rising foreclosures, here’s a new worry:…
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Ten Money Questions for Lipstick & Dipstick
Gina Daggett & Kathy Belge write the punchy column, Lipstick & Dipstick that appears regularly in Curve magazine and offers relationship advice from the butch / femme perspective. They just finished their first book: Lipstick & Dipstick’s Essential Guide to Lesbian Relationships with a release date of November 2007. So in anticipation of the fame…
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Buy Local Foods and Reduce Carbon Footprint
‘œIn the long term, the economy and the environment are the same thing. If it’s unenvironmental it is uneconomical. That is the rule of nature.’ ‘“ Mollie Beattie I admit that I’m a newbie to the sustainable living movement. Only since the beginning of Queercents have I honed in on ways to save money by…
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Same-Sex Marriage: Why Canada?
I met Joan T. Sherwood after she left a comment on the post entitled: Big Love, Alimony and Same-Sex Marriage. From our email exchange later, I learned that she traveled with her partner to Toronto to get married. Her reasons piqued my interest and she agreed to write a guest post on the experience. These…
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The Hard Facts of Long-Term Care Insurance
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words’¦ The Hard Facts of Long-Term Care Insurance Almost everyone knows the merits of life insurance’”the umbrella for that rainy day. But few of…
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Gay Affluence: fact, fiction, or somewhere in between?
‘œGreat minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people.’ ‘“ Eleanor Roosevelt On Saturday night, we went with friends to HRC’s Annual Orange County Federal Club Garden Party and this year it was at a young gay man’s ocean front home in Laguna Beach. It was rumored that he purchased the home…
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Ten Money Questions for Lisa Henderson
Lisa Henderson is General Manager of Olivia, the lifestyle company for lesbians. Most recognize the brand from its signature cruises, but Olivia has evolved over the years with a variety of community experiences’¦ including the online kind at the newly launched Olivia.com. I asked Lisa to share her thoughts about the value of travel, the…
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Lesbian baby-making and expense of donor eggs
‘œLove and eggs are best when they are fresh’ ‘“ Russian Proverb Yesterday, the FedEx driver and recognizable sistah, dropped off the latest batch of medication flown in from the Freedom Fertility Pharmacy in Byfield, Mass. Tucked inside was a credit card receipt for $2362.59. For many, that’s the equivalent of a house payment or…
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The Capital Gains Tax Rate: Is Change on the Horizon?
Laurie Flynn is a Financial Advisor with Smith Barney and is a supporter of Queercents. She’s written a few posts these past weeks on the topic of investing. These are her words’¦ The Capital Gains Tax Rate: Is Change on the Horizon? If you are a business owner, you may not be inclined to keep…
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