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Haggling for Dollars May. 25, 2021
By a show of hands, let me see how many of you have a credit card in your name. Uh-huh, I see those ... Read More
Uncle Sam's Lack of Leadership on Debt Cannot Be Ignored May. 13, 2021
I'm always amazed to hear people say that the national debt doesn't matter because interest rates ar... Read More
Successful Without College May. 05, 2021
Americans took out $1.7 trillion in government loans for college tuition. Now, some don't want to pa... Read More
Biden Bets the Farm -- to 'Change the World' Apr. 30, 2021
Joe Biden may not be a radical socialist, but he is doing the best imitation of one this writer has ... Read More
Debt and That Squished Feeling Apr. 26, 2021
Dear Mary: We would like to enlarge our small two-bedroom bungalow. Our kids are reaching the teen y... Read More
Feeling Rich and Living It Up Apr. 15, 2021
Dear Mary: My husband and I have been out of debt for approximately five years. It's great. The prob... Read More
4 Good Reasons to Kick the Credit Card Habit Apr. 05, 2021
There are many reasons not to carry credit card debt. The most obvious is that it's really expensive... Read More
Take the Sure Thing, or Straighten Up and Fly Right Apr. 01, 2021
Dear Mary: We live in Nevada and own a second home in Arizona. My husband wants to sell the Arizona ... Read More
Broke? Can't Save? Oh, Yes You CAN! Mar. 31, 2021
How's your health? Not your physical fitness, but your financial well-being. For most of us, how muc... Read More
Follow the People Mar. 31, 2021
Usually, the Powers That Be swat away the kind of big-ticket reforms our country needs by haughtily ... Read More
March 19, 2021 Mar. 19, 2021
Dear Annie: I am a divorced mother of two married children. I am now retired, but in the past, I hav... Read More
The Most Overlooked Type of Insurance Feb. 16, 2021
Insurance is a funny thing. You learn all you can, shop diligently, scrape together the money to pay... Read More
Overspent and Overloaded? You Need Margin Feb. 11, 2021
Bill Smith sits down to his most dreaded chore — paying bills. Every month, it's the same stor... Read More
Without Trust, You Have Nothing -- in Money and in Life Feb. 09, 2021
Dear Mary: I have been dating a woman for about two years. Getting to know her, I have learned that ... Read More
Will I Inherit My Parents' Debts? Feb. 08, 2021
This week, as I reached into the mailbag, I pulled out two questions, neither of them with easy answ... Read More
Credit Card Debt and How to Get Rid of It Forever Feb. 01, 2021
Dear Mary: You recently said using home equity to consolidate credit card debt is a bad idea. What's... Read More
The Latest Pandemic Relief Plan Should Be Targeted to Those Who Really Need It Jan. 28, 2021
Centrist members of Congress from both parties are asking a question that merits an answer: Why this... Read More
Biden's 2021 COVID-19 Bill Costs More Than Entire 1981 Federal Government Jan. 27, 2021
The $1.9 trillion relief bill that President Joe Biden wants Congress to pass now as his response to... Read More
The Folly of the Eviction Moratorium Jan. 24, 2021
On his first day as president, Joe Biden reversed a raft of Donald Trump's ill-conceived policies &#... Read More
Don't Let Mistakes Set You Back Jan. 19, 2021
I love to watch home remodeling television shows. They give me confidence that I really could remode... Read More
