getting out of debt would be easier

Unlike many people, I’m in the fortunate position of not having any consumer debt. I often use my credit card, but it gets paid off in full every month. I have student loans, but at the interest rate they are on, it makes more financial sense to pay them off as slowly as possible. I’ve [...]

money and security

In another doomed attempt to win a competition for which I am not eligible, I’m going to give a response to a post on five cent nickel’s blog. Here is the mandatory link to his welcome page - sorry couldn’t work that into the intro.

Apparently, Dave Ramsey is a well known personal finance guru in [...]

money scripts: voting (part 2)

To me, a money script is something that I believe I should do in connection to money, based primarily on something I absorbed as a child. I wrote earlier, that I was taught that it is important to vote, and this can actually provide financial benefits. As there are local elections coming up soon, I [...]