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Tag: money

  • Kintsugi
  • September 22, 2021

10 Things You Shouldn’t Buy Used

by Bruce Horovitz, AARP, Updated September 16, 2021 AARP asked the experts. We reached out to three thrift specialists who have each written books about garage sales and savvy spending on used

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  • Kintsugi
  • January 20, 2021

Suze Orman Says These Are The Biggest Money No-Nos

 By Esther Trattner April. 07, 2020 Here are 34 major money don’ts — straight from the expert. Don’t be too quick to buy a home Don’t lease a car Don’t cosign a loan Don’t put

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 15, 2020December 15, 2020

6 Household Bills You Didn’t Know You Could Negotiate

Alina Bradford Before you begin cutting deals, be sure to do your homework. That means reviewing your bills first, so you know how much you’re currently being charged for a product or service, an

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 27, 2020November 5, 2025

Buy, Buy, Buy!

This morning (it is now about 10 am) I opened my main email and counted 112 new messages. Of the first 50, 30 were urging me to buy something. Clothing, books, office products, furniture, food, wha

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

How to Avoid Spending Too Much

Here are some things I’ve learned over the years that helped me get out of debt, avoid spending too much when I did shop, and not be sucked in by the lures of advertising. The examples below are

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NY Times

  • Creature From the Green Lagoon
  • The Newsroom in D.C. Tries to Keep the Newsstand as a Shopping Destination
  • New Strait of Hormuz Closure Announcement Threatens the Slow Uptick in Traffic
  • Israel and Hezbollah Are Still Fighting, Several Cease-Fires Later
  • Disability Groups Fear RFK Jr.’s New Special Education Role
https://youtu.be/ZALIdsv_3cg?si=FZBaK7cjVEztCJnB

NPR

  • A new app could help streamline loon data by enabling citizens to log observations
  • A new study rewrites the history of the plague
  • How to map quadrillions of miles of underground fungi
  • In Albania, anger grows against the government for supporting a Kushner-linked luxury resort
  • Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it
https://youtu.be/7aGbj3LAHsI?si=Iso1GGmZlbrOj5nO

The Progressive

  • America is Not ‘One Nation Under God’
  • The Problem with Banning Books in Schools
  • Pride and Resilience in the Sunshine State
  • On the Myth and Reality of the Rainbow
  • Leftover Explosives in Gaza are Still a Daily Threat
https://youtu.be/oKbsiNd4Q-Y?si=MF6Eq8qv49QiZkTB

FactCheck.org

  • The Shaky Assumptions Behind Trump’s Over $500 Billion in Projected Drug Savings
  • Trump Makes Unsupported Claims About Drug Flows
  • Trump’s Inaccurate Anecdote on ‘Right to Repair’ Cars
  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
https://youtu.be/FA8AZSMEOD0?si=uBmpaQx4ZdqASMpy

Snopes.com

  • 19 rumors involving Hunter Biden from our archives
  • Did Scotland fans give Lincoln Memorial statue a traffic cone hat?
  • Alleged image of graffiti beneath 'Department of War' sign isn't what it seems
  • Don't fall for supposed image of Trump trying to kiss Brigitte Macron
  • Is reflecting pool's blue paint peeling off?
https://youtu.be/OFkeKKszXTw?si=y7SJCxWT57VseByL

Tradeoffs

  • Medicaid Overhaul Complicates States’ Plans to Bring Care Into Jails and Prisons
  • Where Did the No Surprises Act Go Wrong? And Can It Be Fixed?
  • Mental Health Courts Offer People Facing Prison an Imperfect Alternative
  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
https://youtu.be/JbpcNGe1IoY?si=OKq0SBDBFxiyWQAo

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