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2 Ways To Reduce The Cost Of Having Kids

  The Department of Agriculture reported that the cost of raising your child from birth to 17-years-old has increased 25 percent in the last 10 years.  There are two main reasons for the increase: food prices and medical care. So if you want to reduce some costs associated with having kids, the best thing you can [...]

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Did You See This Ad?

Oh.Boy. Just saw this on BuzzFeed. Republicans put this ad together. The more debt we pile on each year with government spending, the more our deficit grows. And then we get closer and closer to being like Greece. As a reminder that means massive unemployment, massive layoffs, increases in taxes, budget cuts, wage reductions, and [...]

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Video #2 – How The Student Loan Debate Impacts Small Businesses

I shot this about a week ago then had a bug so couldn’t post anything (a bug on the site, not like I was sick). Some more big news came out on this today. Not the bug. The stuff about the student loan debate. I’ll give you another update tomorrow.  Do you like the video [...]

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You’ll Never Leave A Penny On The Ground Again After Seeing This

You’re paying about a half of a penny to NASA out of every federal tax dollar you make. Next time you see a penny on the ground, pick it up you fool! (Photo: NASA. Space Shuttle Enterprise flew over New York Friday. Via gothamist)  

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Which Side Of The Social Security Debate Are You On?

ThinkProgress: Payroll taxes that finance Social Security are only collected on income up to a certain level ($110,100 in 2012), creating a regressive system that puts an undue burden on low- and middle-income workers. Eliminating that cap would allow Social Security to pay full benefits for the next 75 years, according to a Congressional Research Service [...]

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