As soon as I got my degree and became financially independent, I made it a point to reward myself the gift of travel. I no longer needed to ask for permission from my parents to travel, much less the travel expenses. Visiting the United States became an annual gift to myself. That was many years [...] . . . → Read More: Credit Was Elusive Twelve Years Ago
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In this season of giving, love and joy, it is disturbing to hear about someone having the audacity to swindle a so called friend. Wanting more material things with the end in mind to flaunt, and trying hard to be generous to impress, more so, if you can’t afford to pay up and giving your [...] . . . → Read More: You Are Shameless And Despicable! Did you happen to join the TEA party yesterday? I’m not referring to the usual English afternoon tea party, but more accurately the 750 tax day “tea parties” held in protest against higher taxes and government spending from Boston to San Diego. The word “TEA” have been re-purposed and turned into acronym for Taxed Enough [...] . . . → Read More: The TEA Party As soon as the first day of April came, I knew it was time to let go of that tax payment. So, off the check I wrote. Yes, in the mail, to the Internal Revenue Service in Hartford, Connecticut, payable to the United States Treasury. And yes, it’s been so many years of paying taxes, [...] . . . → Read More: Deadline Is Almost Here, Have You Paid Your Taxes? We renew the insurance of our vehicle every six months. If you remember, I have written about the unusually high rates we have been paying on our auto insurance despite of the fact that we haven’t made any claim, that the car is five years old and equipped with anti-theft device (LOJACK) and that we [...] . . . → Read More: Renewal In A Few Months I’ve been seeing the financial guru, Suze Orman quite a lot lately on TV. No, I’m not referring to her weekend TV show, a show that my husband and I religiously tune in to every Saturday nights, but different shows other than hers. And most of these shows are on prime time. With the current [...] . . . → Read More: Thinking Out Loud Business must be that bad, that not even a threat to cancel a policy won’t make an insurance company adjust the premium on our car insurance. At the end of this month, we will be renewing our car insurance policy with the same insurance company that we have been dealing with for a long time. [...] . . . → Read More: No Other Choice For Now |
 
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