Thoughts while having CNBC drone in the background:

Posted: April 24, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: soapbox | Tags: | Leave a comment »

– Today is Trump family suck up day. (Was Ivanka just asked about real estate investing?)
– Gotta love the insecurity-based advertising from BDO.
– We must in a full force BS bear rally if earning disappointments are sending stocks higher now.
– “Ex post facto?” The correct term is “Bill of Attainder”, in regards to the specific targeting of certain companies’ bonuses.

State Individual Income Tax Rates, 2009

Posted: March 26, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: bookmarks | Tags: , | Leave a comment »

The Tax Foundation – State Individual Income Tax Rates, 2000-2009.

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

Posted: March 11, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: bookmarks | Tags: , | Leave a comment »

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?.  An interesting look at the figures being thrown around, in terms of what it would look like in the form of $100 bills.

All this talk about “stimulus packages” and “bailouts”…

A billion dollars…

A hundred billion dollars…

Eight hundred billion dollars…

One TRILLION dollars…

What does that look like?

Top 100+ Personal Finance Blogs

Posted: February 26, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: bookmarks | Tags: | Leave a comment »

Top 100+ Personal Finance Blogs –

I don’t know of #1 – Consumerist as a Personal Finance blog, so that limits this lists’ reputation.  I frequent #4, #11, #12, #13.  I notice that Dave Ramsey does not have an offering on this list.

Rescue America’s retirement – Feb. 16, 2009

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Rescue America’s retirement – Feb. 16, 2009. It’s time to fix the 401(k)

The next political and financial catastrophe

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The Next Catastrophe: Think Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were a politicized financial disaster? Just wait until pension funds implode. – Reason Magazine

A nice little blog to add to your reading list.

Posted: February 8, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: bookmarks | Tags: , , | Leave a comment »

Creating a Life by Destroying Debt – I used to listen to Dave Ramsey regularly.  The call-ins were a combination of cautionary tales and inspirational stories of overcoming massive debts.

I realized that was quite ordinary by comparison.  My mistakes weren’t nearly as bad, but my commitment to digging myself out was not all that great either.

This little blog is a little more ordinary than the average Dave Ramsey caller.  That alone gives me hope.