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Social Security: Gays and Lesbians Denied Benefits
“Younger people can feel confident that Social Security will still be around when they need it to cushion their retirement.” — Ronald Reagan, 1982 Around this time of year, I receive my Social Security Statement and typically, I just scan the estimated benefit and toss it in the file with my tax records. This weekend…
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Housing Slump slows national spending
I’ve been seeing a lot of headlines like this lately, including the New York Times today “Housing Slump Pinches States in Pocketbook.” But I couldn’t figure out why. We don’t pay sales tax when we buy a house, so why do local, state and federal governments care if homes for sale sit around unsold? And…
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The Financial Impact of Being Comfortable in Your Own Skin
What does being comfortable in your own skin have to do with your finances? A heck of a lot. The less self-confidence and self-worth you have, the more likely you are to overspend, be mired in debt, and chronically struggle with your finances. It sounds like a pretty bold statement, yet if you were to…
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Career & Money – Part 3: What are your values? How much do you need/want to earn?
In Part 2 of the Career & Money series I talked about how you can do some life planning and determine if you really want a job or a career. This time I am going to take that a step further so you can align your career choices with your values and the type of…
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Ironing is the New Yoga, Sort of
I’m often rewarded with serendipitous discoveries when browsing the internet. Case in point: Garmentcare.info. But we’ll get to why I love this site in a bit. First I need to tell you about my obsession with yoga. No, I don’t do yoga often, or ever, actually. I’ve done it once many months ago, for about…
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Ten Money Questions for Jay Sennett
Besides publishing cartoons, Jay Sennett is the founder and publisher of Homofactus Press, a global digital micropress. On JaySennett.com he writes, “By far the craziest thing I have done in my life is creating and publishing these cartoons. I can’t draw. In real time I don’t think I’m funny. But as long-post, uber theoretical blogger,…
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Financial Challenges Associated with Organ Transplants
Back in February I had the distinct pleasure of speaking to a group of people at The Gift of Life program in Philadelphia. The audience was made up of numerous organ transplant recipients and several organ donor family members. It was a very inspiring evening for me made all the more special because of old…
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Asset Allocation: A Key to Portfolio Success
Maggie Jennings with New England Financial in New York has been a supporter since Queercents launched almost a year ago. I asked her to write a few articles on investing. If you have questions, then please contact her at mjennings@ny.nef.com. These are her words… For many investors, investing typically begins with one stock or mutual…
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Sleeping with Money: I want that silver spoon!
So many lessons we’ve learned, positive and negative, in Sleeping With Money. My story today is about a person I dated while attending Divinity School (yes, that’s school for studying religion) at Harvard in the ’90s. What a motley crew at Harvard Div: the two largest groups were the true-believer Catholics, and then the anti-Catholics…
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International Business Travel: managing the flight
I don’t know about you, but I travel a hell of a lot for work, both within the U.S. and internationally. Over the years I’ve learned some tips that might help you be savvy with your time, energy, and money–even if things don’t always go as planned! Having just come back last night from a…
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