I was watching the morning news last weekend and an interesting debate broke out between the panelists about the ailing economy. For so long, credit has been handed out like free t-shirts. It’s part of the reason we eventually got ourselves into this huge financial mess: easy, irresponsible credit. Couple that with the US having [...]
Monthly Archive for January, 2009
Comics and Cents Carnival: Baby Come Back
Posted in Comics and Cents Carnival on Jan 30th, 2009
We’re back for another week of humorous money posts. Since I felt so guilt last time around for playing God and deciding what was funny and what wasn’t, I wrote a post about begging that I would send in to the carnival—you be the judge whether it merits being included or not. Anyway, to kick [...]
AmEx Hates Wal-Mart Shoppers
Posted in Credit cards on Jan 29th, 2009
I was watching Good Morning America yesterday morning and a very disturbing story about credit cards came on. It featured Kevin Johnson, a responsible credit-card user that had recently seen the limit on his American Express Blue card go down by $7,000. What could possibly cause AmEx to lower his limit when he pays his [...]
Am I a Thief or an Entrepreneur?
Posted in alternative income on Jan 28th, 2009
By Hagerstenguy As some of you know, I’m itching for a new computer and I’ve set out to do it without spending a single cent of my own money. That means I’m saving up all the money from my alternative income and I’m also selling things I don’t need anymore. That means selling some books. [...]
