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What Was Your Effective Tax Rate?

by Elizabeth May 13, 2013

It was a close call: this year, I barely got my federal taxes in the mail before the April 15th deadline. The reason for my (rare) procrastination? Because for the first time, I actually owed income taxes, instead of receiving a nice, fat refund from Uncle Sam. Each year after I send in my taxes, [...]

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Is a Million Dollars Still a Lot of Money?

by Marie May 2, 2013

Around the blogoshpere, I’ve been seeing comments that it isn’t all that exceptional to have a million dollar net worth. After all, they say, anyone putting money away in their 401K should end up a millionaire. In the future, there will be a lot more millionaires, they claim. Well, no one can really know the [...]

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Bequeathing the Gold in Your Mouth

by Marie April 18, 2013

Last year, my 80+ year old aunt and I were bemoaning the cost of our dental crowns when she laughed and told me “You really can take your money with you to the grave – in your mouth!” It made me start thinking. I have a lot of dental work, that cost a lot of [...]

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Four Reasons Getting Rich is More Fun than Being Rich

by Marie April 4, 2013

Picture yourself a billionaire. Maybe you see yourself on the beach hosting an enormous party with lots of food and drink, song and sun. Perhaps you see yourself flying around in your private jet, visiting different scenic and popular locales. Would that be fun? Maybe, if you enjoy those particular activities. However, I believe that [...]

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Does Good Customer Service Still Exist?

by Elizabeth March 18, 2013

Hours on the phone bouncing from one customer service representative to the next; follow-up calls that go no where because your initial inquiry was never property recorded; problems that are never resolved – not properly, at least – and linger on and on and on… Does good customer service still exist? Or is bad service [...]

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