Elusive Wealth

One of the topics I would like to cover over the coming weeks is wealth and income distribution. There are several reasons why I want to cover it, first and foremost I think it is relevant to many people. There is concern about the shrinking middle class, increasing poverty and rising health costs. I want [...]

Many look at the current economic conditions to point out that Capitalism is failing us. They say that capitalism has taken away so much of our wealth. The reality though?  Capitalism has merely taken a small portion away of the vast wealth that Capitalism provided in the first place. Sure, it does not seem like [...]

Dave Ramsey’s Town Hall for Hope broadcast is available on Hulu right now.  I did not get to see the broadcast the first time around, but now that it is available on Hulu I watched it.  If you are interested you can check out the broadcast here: http://www.hulu.com/watch/74840/the-dave-ramsey-show-frid-may-2-2009 Now that I have been able to [...]

In a previous post, Voting with Dollars: Credit Bureaus, I mentioned freezing credit at each of the bureaus. In that post I also said that freezing your credit was free at TransUnion.  In fact, it was… but today I received a message from the credit bureau that it will no longer be free.  Maybe signs [...]

So it is not generally recommended that a blog specifically focus on the blogger. Especially a blog that is just getting started. You don’t want to hear about me, and I get that.  But I do want to talk about our current financial plan, not necessarily because it is about me and my family, but [...]