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There’s Still Time To Do Your Own Taxes

30 Tips to Doing Your Own Taxes  –  MONEY MAGAZINE  (Editor’s Note) This is just the kind of advice you need to complete your taxes this year. Use it to review before submitting your taxes online or if you haven’t started yet – get busy! Here’s a sample of the tips you’ll get in this very helpful article:…

Staying Motivated in this “Bad News World”

(Editor’s note) We’ve recently been deluged with abhorrent news reports in rapid succession. There have been hundreds of innocent lives senselessly lost in the United States and all over the world. Political debates and elections are in progress which could have a profound effect on our future. We feel powerless and don’t know where we stand globally. And In the midst…

The Weight of Unemployment

Lose your Job. Get Fat. (Editor’s notes) Alicia Adamczyk‘s article in MONEY discusses the findings of a Health and Retirement Study of full and part-time workers ages 50-60. The participants were of average weight and lost their jobs before they became eligible for Social Security. The research revealed a weight gain during unemployment that was not incurred…