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GOP Presses Obama on Spending

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

The GOP began to press President Obama heavily this week over reducing spending in the amounts of trillions of dollars, as well as about his approach to health care and subsidized insurance. The GOP is pressing Obama heavily on spending issues and other problems that need to be addressed. In total, the goal is to cut trillions of dollars from the federal budget in order [...]

Spending Responsibly

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

One of the most critical parts to maintaining good finances and maintaining fiscal responsibility is one of the more common sense ideas. If there is one thing that the recession has taught us, it is that wildly spending on anything can have serious implications, especailly if the purchases are made with credit or by borrowing aginst houses. Spending has dropped consdierably in the last three years. People [...]

Creating a Budget: Take control of your finances!

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Budgets are something that I have found to be hard to make and even harder to stick to.  I feel they make me feel even more stressed out about money. Maybe that’s because they make me realize just how close I cut it each month, but I have come to realize that the pros definitely outweigh the cons. [...]