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Vote for Obama if You Want Your Electricity Bill to Skyrocket
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
I normally would never consider writing about politics on this blog, but this is a clear case of a candidate potentially causing a direct negative impact on everyone’s financial situation. Unfortunately, this news has come very late, but, at the very least, I can look back 4 years from now and say I told you [...]
Comments Off - Posted in Finance, Rants by Eden
Can’t Retire Because the Market Dropped? Too Bad!
Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Retirement money needed within the next five years should NEVER be in the stock market. Any money needed for any reason at all within the next five years should NEVER be in the stock market.
I’m sorry, but I can’t watch any more ’sad’ stories on the news about people who suddenly can’t retire because the [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Investing, Rants by Eden
Who Voted AGAINST the Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Fortunately, the Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights passed the House of Representatives on September 23rd, though it still must pass the Senate and the President.
I’m glad it passed, but I’m also concerned about the 112 morons representatives who voted AGAINST this bill. What is wrong with these people? I don’t know if they are [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Credit Cards by Eden
The Best From Finance and Fat - One Year Ago
Sunday, September 14th, 2008
From the Archives - September 2007
How Much Stuff Do We Need?
I don’t think I fully understood it at the time, but I was on my way to realizing the evils of American Consumerism and how wasteful it all is. I still feel like I have too much stuff today, but thinking back one year ago [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Web Favorites by Eden
Too Much Spam, New Way to Contact Me
Saturday, September 13th, 2008
Apologies if you have recently sent an email to feedback@financeandfat.com, but I had to delete that email address. There was just too much spam and I didn’t want to dig through it anymore. I created a new address with Gmail, which has amazingly good spam filters. You can now contact me using financeandfat [at] gmail [...]
