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Maxed Out: The Truth About Debt in America

Monday, November 10th, 2008

I recently watched Maxed Out, a documentary about the dark secrets of America’s banking industry. If you’re reading this blog, then you most likely already know that debt is bad… but you probably have no idea how bad it is.
Maxed Out focuses on banks and financial institutions that lend money to people who are less [...]

A Case for an Emergency Fund

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

It was a sunny Fourth of July, and we loaded up to head to the lake. Me, my wife, and our two kids got in my wife’s car and she started to back out of the garage. I noticed my truck in the rear view mirror, and as it got closer and closer I called [...]