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Savings Savvy on December 21st, 2009

Both of these are safe ways to earn interest on your savings.
A certificate of deposit (CD) issued by a private financial institution offers you a good interest rate in exchange for your agreement not to withdraw your money for a given period of time (typically 6 months, 12 months, 5 years, etc). At the [...]

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Savings Savvy on December 20th, 2009

www.reuters.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Senate approved a 6 billion military spending bill on Saturday that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and also includes money to extend jobless aid and Medicare payment rates for two months. Barack Obama By a vote of 88-10, the Senate approved the bill and sent it to [...]

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Savings Savvy on December 9th, 2009

Lets say $1800 billion of annual federal deficit is represented by the distance from San Francisco to New York. And in order to close the deficit hole a traveler must walk all the way from SF to NY.
The traveler starts the the entrance of SF-Oakland bay bridge and heads east. How far will the first [...]

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Savings Savvy on December 3rd, 2009

How about not taxing the interest on savings accounts. Savings accounts are the savings device of choice for the lower to mid income people. These are the very people that we need to encourage to save.

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Savings Savvy on November 30th, 2009

If I made $300 in interest this year let’s say – does the government take as much from that as they would my paycheck? Is it even worth saving to gain interest?

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Savings Savvy on November 23rd, 2009

,[18] * A limit or repeal of the itemized deduction for medical expenses,[19] * A limit on the Qualified Medical Expense definition,[20] * An increase in the payroll taxes on students,[21] * An extension of the Medicare payroll tax to all state and local government employees,[22] * An increase in taxes on hospitals,[23] * An [...]

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Savings Savvy on November 10th, 2009

If I made $300 in interest this year let’s say – does the government take as much from that as they would my paycheck? Is it even worth saving to gain interest?

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Savings Savvy on November 8th, 2009

democrats against allowing people the ability to buy health insurance across state lines? Answer, because it does not increase the power of government. Why are the democrats against curbing malpractice lawsuits? Answer, because it does not increase the power of government. Why are the democrats against expanding health savings accounts? Answer, because it does not [...]

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Savings Savvy on November 4th, 2009

If I made $300 in interest this year let’s say – does the government take as much from that as they would my paycheck? Is it even worth saving to gain interest?

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