UNLOADING YOUR FINANCIAL SHIP In the United States, April is always a difficult month. Even if your ship does come in, the IRS is right there to help you unload […]
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INCONCLUSIVE ECONOMISTS If all economists were laid end to end, they still would not reach a conclusion. By George Bernard Shaw
MOM’S MOTIVATING LOVE Dorothy Day, the inveterate servant to the poor was asked why she had entered such service and why she gave her all to it. She replied: “I
GUILTY OF DELINQUENCY Father Story # 1: A dad routinely dispensed his daughter’s allowance every Sunday night. She knew where to find it when she got up on Monday morning.
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PHOTO FINISHES Parents: People who have pictures in their wallets where money used to be. From the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Grand Forks, North Dakota
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THE COST OF KIDS A five year old girl was asked by the minister how many children there were in her family. She replied, “Seven.” The minister observed that so
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A BED WITHOUT STOCK RACKS Because a farm family was short of room while they were building onto their farmhouse, they kept their son in his crib even after he’d
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THE DIFFERENCES IN ALLOWANCES Allowances have always been around, but there is a difference. Allowances used to based on a percentage. Dads would let their children keep a small percentage
A PRACTICAL GIFT FOR DAD Dad told the family to get him something that the whole family could get something out of. So they did. They got Dad a new
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AN ODD THING ABOUT ECONOMISTS An economist: Someone who thinks he knows more about money than the people who have it. From the bulletin of the Rotary Club of Spring
VACATION SPOT A vacation spot is where they charge you enough to make up for the rest of the year you’re not there. Anonymous author
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ADJUSTMENTS A young couple had been married for about a year. They were struggling financially and decided to do something about it. They would develop a strategy. They sat down
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WALLET CONVERSION There are three conversations necessary to eternal life: the conversation of the heart, the mind, and the wallet. The latter is the most resistant. Martin Luther
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IMPORTED PRODUCTS ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Baseball, apple pie, and Chevrolet. They’re so all-American. Or are they? Better take a second look, says “Made in the USA: The Complete Guide to
GOLD IN ITS PLACE Gold is good, in its place, but when it becomes our master, it places a crown of thorns upon the brow that crushes the strongest to
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CATHOLIC RAFFLES At the Friar’s Club in New York City, Fr. John Catoir, who was the director of the Christophers, sat next to the comedian, Henny Youngman. Henny Youngman told
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DEAD DUCKS A hunter had spent the weekend hunting for ducks and had not even seen one. As he was driving home, he passed a farm with a pond filled
MATHEMATICS OF LIFE AND DEATH Epitaph on a rich man’s tomb in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: “I struggled with arithmetic all my life. As a child, I learned to add.
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TWO RULES FOR HARVARD’S SUCCESS A former treasurer of Harvard once told me that he had two golden rules for managing the Harvard portfolio: 1) Never consult the economics department.
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BUMBER STICKER WISDOM If you think a good education is too expensive, Consider the alternative: IGNORANCE!
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