So are you not scared by the $787 billion spend-ulus package being rammed down our throats, or the idea of our national debt being a whopping $10 trillion (and that’s before the Obama Road to Communism Act of 2009). Well if the idea of our country being on the hook for $10 trillion doesn’t scare [...]
|
||||||
|
I posted back in October some thoughts on preparing for a major economic downturn and argued that frugal living was an excellent defense against the hard times that are to come. Well, I happened upon another list of preparations to make for an economic depression that are a little bit more detailed. Suggestions are given [...] Here’s one for you that is just kind of funny. I went out the other night to my local 99¢ Only Store looking for a real plunger to help fix a clog in our kitchen sink (the plunger we had is one of those fancy plastic ones with a small mouth that wouldn’t fit over [...] Although I do stray from the topic of personal finance occasionally, I usually don’t write that much about my political views. However, considering the importance of this presidential election, I feel impressed that I should share my thoughts on the choice that we have in this election. First off, don’t think this is decided by [...] Considering all of the losses and pain that has been caused by lax lending standards in the mortgage industry, you would think that lenders would have learned their lesson and tightened up credit standards. Of course that would require common sense, which unfortunately is in short supply these days. The latest questionable practice is referred [...] Yes, unfortunately that means that I have been let go from my job, technically effective in two weeks, although I have been told I don’t need to come in for the two weeks and to use the time to find my next position. The explanation was that our national leadership said that each office had [...] Blame it on the hard economic times and the growing acceptance of the frugal lifestyle, but the personal finance blogosphere has seen quite a few dumpster diving posts of late. For a group that prides itself on frugality, it only makes sense that we’d see a few postings on the subject. After all, what is [...] Inflation is squeezing the crap out of American consumers – and now if you want to use Huggies to catch that crap, that will cost more too! Consumer paper products company Kimberly-Clark, makers of well-known consumer brands like Huggies, Kleenex, and Cottonelle, announced last week that they will be increasing prices on items in their [...] Gasoline and crude oil prices seem to be on everyone’s mind these days. But what if these increases snowball into a full-blown energy crisis where supply is disrupted and basis energy needs go unmet? As improbably a concept as this seems, there is an increase in the number of folks out there preparing for such [...] |
||||||
|
Copyright © 2012 Frugal living tips @ CheapEncounters.com - All Rights Reserved |
||||||