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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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Michelle Singletary
Age: 54
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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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Money may not be able to buy you love, but conflicts about it can certainly bankrupt your relationship.
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I write for people who are good money managers and want to know how to be even better stewards over their money.
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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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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 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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When you give people who are being financially responsible money, you are enabling them to continue a bad habit. So you are actually helping by saying, Love you but no.
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There are some dark days when I do receive some racist mail or emails. But overall the response to me has been very positive. Readers relate to me not just as an African-American, but as an American trying to make sense of her personal finance, just like them.
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Set up rules for when you will give not lend money. Never lend. My people know that I'll help with college. I'll help if they lose they job thu no fault of their own.
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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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No matter who is in the White House, I just keep doing what my grandmother taught me. Hate debt. Save. The best any of us can do really.
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The key to making sure your credit stays good is paying the bill on time. If you are paying the balance off even if there is something on the card in recent purchases, you are good.
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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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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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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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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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I love teaching people how to handle their money and I've built a brand on that skill.
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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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We know intellectually that money can't buy happiness yet we spend and go into debt as if it does.
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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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