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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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Financial Planner
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Having a separate fund for the things in life that happen, helps keep the emergency fund in tact in case you lose your job or income.
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We have to protect ourselves by doing our own homework.
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The schools can't cover all the values that go along with how you handle your money. For example, a financial literacy class might not teach me to hate debt the way my grandmother, Big Mama did.
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The rich are depressed because they realize their money can't buy them out of their issues.
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My husband and I are pretty good at leaving money alone until we need it for what we've saved it for.
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My writing is definitely influenced by and speaks to African-Americans because that is who I am. I'm black. I'm a black woman. I'm a black mother, wife, churchgoer, etc. I am the legacy of slavery.
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You still need to save but being debt-free in retirement is and should be a goal.
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I think you can save and spend to live for however long you live. You just have to be flexible if things don't go as plan.
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Remember life insurance is intended as income replacement to help dependents and or/spouse pay for things that your income would have covered. When you get to the point that you're dependents (Your kids mostly) aren't dependent on your income, you could reduce the amount of life insurance you are carrying.
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If we aren't careful, our children will come down with 'affluenza,' a disease that causes them to confuse wants and needs. We need to teach our children what my grandmother taught me: Think twice about spending money you don't have on things you don't need to impress people you don't like anyway.
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We all only have a certain amount of money and that means yes, we have to make choices and sometimes those choices mean we don't get what we want.
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If we don't want the companies to cheat on us, we shouldn't be cheating on them.
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The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix.
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That's is life. You move and change according to things that happen to you and things that you make happen because of poor choices.
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Not all Trump supporters are bigots. They believe he had something to offer. I may disagree. You may disagree but we need to be civil to each other. Use the facts to make your point. I had read that the clothes made by some of the brands use sweatshops. Facts folks not feelings. We all have to live with each other and our choices.
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It's why this election was HORRIBLE. It was either Hilary is the devil and Trump a saint. Or Trump the devil and Hilary a saint. Can't we all have a decent, civil conversation without throwing shade?
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If you'll have enough saved and nobody has to take on debt and you want to retire, shoot go for it.
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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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I've found that when you can quickly knock out debt you get motivated because you see progress. Then you attack the other debt so fast that even if it's at a higher interest rate, you don't end up paying much more because you've gotten rid of it.
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Having fun time is a good use of your money.
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