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Ten Money Questions for John Aravosis
John Aravosis is an online activist and posts daily at AMERICAblog where he covers the politics of the Bush Administration and the radical right. John is a proud, gay American and he believes that a great nation deserves to hear the truth. I asked John to get personal about money and the cost of causes…
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Separate but equal?
I met my boyfriend last year and we really hit it off like a house on fire, the whole “love at first sight” thing. I can’t get enough of this guy, and he feels the same way. Rob started spending every weekend at my place in January, but that wasn’t enough. He started spending a…
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Oct 16th: Tax Deadline for those who filed extensions!
In years past, the IRS had a 2 part system for filing on extension. They gave a 4-month automatic extension until August 15th, which most of us used! You could also request 2 additional months, but fewer people chose this option and were able to meet the August maninclock.jpg15th deadline. The paperwork was a bit…
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Car Winterizing: Inside and Out
It’s that time of year here in the snowy states, in which you will find people who either hate it or love it. But that doesn’t matter if you aren’t prepared for it when you drive. So let’s check some things out:
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Monopoly and Capitalism
“What kind of society isn’t structured on greed? The problem of social organization is how to set up an arrangement under which greed will do the least harm; capitalism is that kind of a system” — Milton Friedman James Poniewozik recently wrote about the Game of Monopoly in Time magazine. He writes, “If you want…
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Tall vs. Short: The Debate over Earning Potential
“All limitations are self-imposed.” — Ernest Holmes Mark Borden of The New Yorker recently reported in an article called Shortchanged that there is a connection between height and money earned.
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Buying Self Esteem
“It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; poverty and wealth have both failed.” – Kin Hubbard In an effort to provide a little more testosterone at Queercents, here’s a guest post from Rich Taylor. Rich is an executive at a global financial services firm, in charge of the corporation’s education division. He…
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Book Review: Your First Million by Lynnette Khalfani
“The measure of success is not whether you have a tough problem to deal with, but whether it is the same problem you had last year.” — John Foster Dulles When the complimentary review copy of Lynnette Khalfani’s latest book “The Money Coach’s Guide to Your First Million” arrived on my doorstep, I didn’t want…
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Partners and Money Attitudes
My partner, Surfgirl, and I come from quite different backgrounds. She came from a home that had a nanny/housekeeper and even rode to school in a limo for a time. Getting the car of her dreams was not hard as she was the youngest girl and had her dad wrapped around her finger. I, on…
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Ten Money Questions for Helen Boyd
Helen Boyd is a writer best known for her study of gender and probably would agree that money spends the same whether it is carried in a purse or wallet. She is the author of the book, My Husband Betty and speaks at many trans conferences. She lives with Betty and their three cats in…
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