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A Student Loan Prepayment Plan, and Other Small Miseries
Don’t even talk to me about those resolutions I posted. You’d think it was halfway through the year, how much has changed in a month: I changed vacation plans and now it’s only going to cost about a fifth of the $2,000 I’d projected. (Yay!) Because I’m doing the sensible thing, and visiting someone I…
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Could the Stimulus Package Hurt You?
The US government has been moving fairly quickly to pass some form of stimulus package to try to head off a recession. The stimulus package would basically amount to mailing $150 billion out to everyone, with the point being for them to spend it to keep the economy going. Not everyone agrees that an actual…
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Femme Economics: Feminist Kiss and Make-up
Number One Favorite Way to Save Money: Become an Eco-Feminist That’s right: a more progressive take on feminism includes doing right by your planet, your body and your pocketbook! And today’s Eco-feminist lesson is Make-up. Yes, that pigmented stuff you put on your face. Now I know some women will tell me that wearing make-up…
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Tax Tidbit #4: Keep All Your Tax Documents In One Place
I get more mail in January than any other month of the year. Post-holiday sale catalogs, political campaign material, year-end bank statements, and most important—tax documents. In an effort not to loose mail of importance, I’m diligent about checking each piece carefully. (Sometimes sneaky junk mail is disguised as real mail.) This weeks tax tidbit…
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Money Saving Tips in the Laundry Room
Saving money in the laundry room, tips that I know you are “drying” to know about; at least file them away in the back of your mind for later. Try to wait until you have a full load before running your washer or dryer. To improve the energy efficiency of your dryer, frequently clean out…
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Financial Complexities of a Troupled Household
A trouple is a three way couple in a long-term relationship and they have financial challenges just like people who co-mingle finances in a traditional marriage or domestic partnership. Watch an episode of Big Love and you’ll see that money issues aren’t really that different when two, three or four adults are involved in a…
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Queercents Weekly Roundup: Job Satisfaction
I’m a big fan of Gen Y career guru Penelope Trunk. One of her usual theses is, basically, that your job (and, by extension, your money) can’t make you happy, but they can make you unhappy, so you’d best get them in order if you want to focus on the things that will make you…
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Would You Give Up Your Favorite Tax Deduction?
I received my W-2 yesterday and sat down to do my taxes. Every year, I get frustrated with the US federal tax system all over again. It’s maddening to try to comprehend the thousands of different rules that exist so you’re taxed slightly differently for every little situation. Our federal tax system is so complex…
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Ten Money Questions for William Sledd
William Sledd is host of the ‘œAsk a Gay Man‘ webisodes on Bravo’s OUTzoneTV.com. William’s weekly vlogs tackle thorny fashion and pop culture topics and offer witty and irreverent advice about fashion and style issues. He admits that ‘œit just really bothers me when people look like crap.’ I asked William to respond with the…
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