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  • News Bites: Hillary Clinton relied on old money. New money won this primary season.

    ‘œGod bless the America we are trying to create.’ ‘“ Hillary Rodham Clinton Hillary Clinton hasn’t officially bowed out of the presidential race, but yesterday was still a sad evening in our household. The Hillary sign came down in our front yard. I figured the neighbors might smirk if we immediately erected an Obama sign,…

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    Nina

  • Building Wealth Consciousness from Within – Part 2

    The second article of a series of articles. In the movie The Secret, chiropractor and renowned speaker Dr. John Demartini said: ‘œYour psychology will determine 80 percent of your wealth.’ As a doctorate student of psychology learning about the power of the mind, I have come to agree with his wise words. In the following…

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    Lana

  • Is the Sunday paper worth the expense?

    At $3.25 a month it has been decided that the Sunday paper is no longer worth the money. I’m canceling the Sunday paper for a few reasons: 1. I don’t need extra paper laying around, I don’t have animals that need the paper to poop on. 2. It’s one less paper that has to be…

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    ~Dawn

  • In Search of Gay Money: Millionaires in the Making

    As gays and lesbians writing about money, we’ve grown weary of reading all the personal finance content that’s written from the perspective of straight marriages. So at Queercents, we’ve turned the tables on money and relationship advice by asking: What if all of our favorite money columnists were gay? Would their advice be more relevant…

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    Nina

  • Avoid drinking all your cash this summer

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    June is here, which means barbecues, summer festivals, concerts, baseball games, picnics and pride. Yes, some pride parades have started to feel like a gay trot through your local yellow pages, but it’s a tradition so you go anyway. And you have fun. And you drink a lot. So many of the best things about…

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    Martinique

  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day: Family Values… What Will You Teach Your Child About Money?

    What are your values? How about your financial values? Are they queer? Or just, you know, sensible? I’ve been thinking a lot, during these sleepless nights of new parenthood, about all the values I want to transmit to my daughter. I know she’ll eventually forge her own’”hopefully not in diametrical opposition to mine!’”but I hope…

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    Jennifer

  • Blogging for LGBT Families Day: We are Family!

    ‘œThe family is one of nature’s masterpieces.’ ‘“ George Santayana Today is the third annual Blogging for LGBT Families Day, where the LGBT community and allies come together in support of our families. Queercents offers a couple of posts on the topic of money & family. Here is mine: Jeanine and I always consider ourselves…

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    Nina

  • Dear Dana Gioia,

    Hello. It’s my birthday this month, and I was wondering if you could send me a gift. I’d like your collection of essays titled Can Poetry Matter? The entire thing looks really great, but I’m mostly interested in the essay ‘œBusiness and Poetry.’ I asked your secretary at the National Endowment for the Arts about…

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    Aundi

  • News Bites: Eating Spam to Cut Your Grocery Bill

    For most of the year I’ve been perplexed by the people grumbling about food inflation. My weekly grocery bill hasn’t seen much change, so what’s the problem I wondered. That was my thinking until yesterday when I paid $3.95 for fifteen ounces of orange juice. Hey, I was feeling rundown — I needed it for…

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    John

  • Vacuums Do Suck

    I’ll admit it. After 2 weeks of dealing with our vacuum dying and the subsequent shopping and bewildering research, I simply wanted to use the word vacuum and “suck” together in the title of a post. If the shoe fits… I can’t really get into buying and replacing home appliances. Sure they are great gadgets…

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    Paula