Topic: Money

Money-saving tips for around the home

By Michael Covington | November 16, 2007 |

I hope everyone is enjoying the beauty of the season. The days are growing shorter, the air is getting chill, and the holidays are just around the corner. At my house, holidays mean time for family, friends, and visitors coming and going. Money’s starting to get tight as we’re getting ready to buy presents and organize feasts to celebrate the season. In anticipation of this barrage of expenses, this post is all about money saving tips for around the house. These simple ways to save here and there can really add up.

First, let’s start in the pantry. Are you one of those people who must have name-brand items stocked in your cupboards? If so consider switching to generic brands for items like cereal, spaghetti noodles, and baking supplies. You can even store these in plastic or glass jars so that nobody will ever see the packaging and know the difference. To quote Julia Child, “Remember, you’re alone in the kitchen.”

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Minimum Wage should be increased even more

By David W. Shelton | July 26, 2007 |

The minimum wage increase went into effect on Tuesday. It’s now $5.85 per hour. Strangely, some corporations have whined that it would lead to layoffs. I could go on for hours why this notion is poppycock, but I’ll just as easily make my point with just one company.A few years back while I was a manager for a movie theatre chain, I was under a standing order to never, ever ask for a wage increase for hourly employees. They would start at minimum wage, and would be kept there! Furthermore, theatre chains are exempt from overtime laws. Some employees would work sixty to eighty hours a week to make ends meet, and were limited to minimum wage. These are often kids starting out in their first jobs, adults who want to supplement their incomes, or retired folk who just wanted something to do. «Read the rest of this article»

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Video: Fiat Empire - A Closer Look at the Federal Reserve, and America Freedom to Fascism

By Bill Larson | December 15, 2006 |

These are two interesting films and if everything they claim is true, the situation is quite scary when you think about it. He who controls the currency, in the end controls everything.

I noticed a year ago, that the Federal Reserve Board would stop publishing its weekly M3 money supply number as of March 2006, but I never had any reason to think much about it until now.

M0 is all coins and paper bills. M1 is M0 plus all checking accounts. M2 is M1 plus savings accounts, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit of less than $100,000. M3 is M2 plus all deposits, euro dollars, and repurchase agreements that are $100,000 and larger… M3 is the broadest measure of how much money is circulating in the U.S. at any one time. Unlike M2, M3 is the big stuff, the super-size deposits.

Basically it lets the Federal Reserve and the US Government hide direct manipulation of the stock and currency markets by the Federal Reserve. If you are interested in the details read this article by Harlan Levy. It seems to me to go right along with these film’s assertions. «Read the rest of this article»

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