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Giving to Charity on the Cheap

To give or not to give? It might be the unspoken question of this holiday season. Americans normally have a reputation as a generous bunch. We give twice as much as the next charitable country (Britain), with somewhere between 70-80 percent of U.S. households doling out dollars each year. And the giving frenzy speeds up… Read More »

Who’s complaining?

Well, that would be me. Complaining, it seems, is as much a part of my DNA as my eye color and my shoe size. My mom would say that I was “getting my dander up,” but truthfully, all my complaining only resulted in pinker cheeks and a rapid heartbeat. I complained about everything, but my… Read More »

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Debit is the New Credit

When I worked the cash register back in my barista days, nothing inspired me and my co-workers to roll our eyes like the sight of a checkbook. While credit cards could be swiped and wads of cash handed off in the blink of an eye, check-writing customers slowed down the line. They had to pull… Read More »

Money talks

With the economy in a shambles, everyone is implementing new cost cutting strategies. In our DebtStoppers brochure, Give Yourself a Raise, we talk about forgoing that “gourmet” cup of coffee – quad mocha frappachino – or whatever the heck it is, in favor of an old fashioned cuppa joe from your own kitchen. And you… Read More »