Good Financial Advice

I am 39 years old wanting to go back to college to become an RN. I will start out for the first 2 years at the community college to finish those basic courses I didn't do 20 years ago. When I went to school back right after high school my parents dealt with the financial aid. Now that I am looking at it there are so many resources apparently out there to help find grant money and scholarships, but I'm getting nowhere, and more confused. FIRST QUESTION: I ...

I can always remember my mother telling me "If you want to get your mind off of your own troubles, do something good for someone else." She has been gone now for almost three years. This week I decided to go to Wal-Mart and stock up on things for our local animal shelter. Every month I say I need to do it, and every month the money goes for something else. (I do, however, have a deduction every month from my checking account for the A.S.P.C.A.) Wednesday I drove to our ...

Voices crying from the sidelines may criticize our failings and faults. Pay them no mind. Stay on the playing field. You're in it to win it. Invest your energy in anticipating life. Be visionary with your allotted time. Focus on vital options up ahead and forget what lies behind. ...

I have two grandchildren who are my life. I have kept them at home since birth, they spend a lot of time with myself and my husband, spending nights during the week and weekends, taking them on trips with us, just loving every second with them. My son-in-law has now decided to join the military and they will be moving to goodness knows where. I am completely heartbroken, all I do is cry. Now when they are here we make the absolute most out of every second but when I look ...

much of which can be downloaded (or at least read) for free. Their books on landlord/tenant law are worth buying... might try Amazon, or eBay to maybe find used. They might have them at the local library, too.The poster that said you should consult an attorney gave you good advice. Although bad landlords get away with a heck of a lot these days, bad tenants have even more rights. I manage the apartment complex where I live for reduced rent, and have learned a LOT from our ...

two evenings ago, my daughter and I were having a pretty good time together and so I asked her what she would feel about going to a support group called Alateen. She asked me what it was and I told her its a group of kids who have an alcoholic parent or family member that they have to deal with. I told her we could go once and check it out and she doesn't have to talk, just watch and listen. She got real quiet and I said "what do you think?" She said "I think that� ...

the MSM and DNC is going to hit you with everything they've got. I have never seen a party so divided win anything, much less the White House, while retaining both houses of Congress and a preponderance of the state houses. Many of you don't deserve this win. Some of you so disliked the party’s presidential candidate that you threatened – and perhaps really did – vote for the opposition. Others chose to remain silent and distanced yourself predicting there would be a cata ...

I just thought I would start a contraversial topic before I take off for the day. I'll be back later to see the ruckus. LOL. ...

Thoughts on the bill passed in the House today? Too little, too much? I think it's a good step but there are no guarantees Big Business won't find loopholes. In fact, I'm quite sure they will try. In the meantime, however, it sends a good message that we will be watching. I'm also sure the senate will take months with this. Will that lead to a watered-down version? I guess it depends on how hard the constituents press their elected officials. NJ ...

Like so many right now, due to pay cuts in the last year, I am in need of any additional prayer anyone can give. My pay has been cut nearly in half. I don't qualify for bankruptcy because my name is on 1/4 of my mom's house. She has early dementia and is fighting us on all fronts right now because she's in denial. She just had another TIA and is refusing to go for an MRI or see the neurologist. She refuses to sell the house, which she needs to do anyw ...

I have been reading articles on what is, and what is not, included in this new law. Not a single article agrees this is real reform. It still gives Wall Street (SEC) and big banks the freedom to do what they want. This is not good. It's what I've been saying all along. The idea of financial reform was supposed to stop the abuse, but it may give the above more free rein in what they do. I'm posting one article from MSNBC. Please be sure to read the ful ...

If a company offers a 401K through (for example) Charles Schwab and said company goes out of business, is the 401K safe or frozen or ?? Thank you. ...

I need a miracle from God to save me from financial disaster. Please lift me up in prayer as I will pray for others who are in the same predictament as I am. In Jesus name, I pray for all who are hurting because of the economy and financial problems. ...

institutions. A new rule approved by the FDIC went into effect that creditors and shareholders will now have to absorb some of the losses when the federal government steps in to dismantle large failing financial firms. Congress gave the FDIC the authority to wind down troubled firms and sell their assets; i.e., shareholders and unsecured creditors should understand that the taxpayers are not at risk any longer to bail them out. That's okay but if you have a balanced fund, most ...

Hi, first I wanna say I think it's awesome that there is a prayer request area on here. :) Anyway, I'm going through a lot of trials right now, and I really need God to show me what to do. My house is in foreclosure ("under review" for a workout plan so I'm in limbo and at their mercy), my health is not good right now (IDDM, hypothyroidism, et. al.), I am very unhappy at my job (full time orthopedic transcription but lots of stress and mean people; wanting to go ...

Please pray that I get relief from financial siituation in which I am losing everything. My house is being foreclosed on, I have bad credit, a car that is barely drivable, relatives who need help and I am getting terrible stomach problems over this worry. Please agree with me in prayer that God will lead me out of this mess. Thank you! ...

If your son or daughter came to you and said they were not buying gifts this year because money was tight and needed for bills, would you give them money to buy gifts for their children who are 17 and 19? ...

I would like to ask for prayer for financial difficulty. I transcribe at home (mostly general transcription), and I work hard and it never seems like enough and we are knee deep in debt and need much more coming in. I keep granddaugther full-time also and my daughter (her mom) cannot afford to pay me for it - but I reallly need her to. I also homeschool my daughter- she had really bad panic attacks when she went to public school, my husband works full time, thank God, but we re ...

It seems that he had to return $16,000 in stolen funds for repairs to his minivans, movie tickets, vacation. The closest fall guy has gone to prison for this. Rubio is not going to be able to wash this off fast enough. ...

I am desparately in need of prayers for my financial situation. I cannot pay my rent this month and doubt that I will be ableto pay it in January despite not paying other bills. Thanks for much! ...

Dylan Ratigan is freaking out of the changes Chris Dodd and Barney Frank are trying to make to this financial reform bill: The long-awaited showdown between banks and Sen. Blanche Lincoln over her derivatives reform section of the Wall Street bill begins Thursday. The conference committee will consider an offer made by the House to amend Senate legislation that forces banks to spin off their swaps desk and separately capitalize that operation, while also bringing the business out into the open, ...

is worse than ever!! No way to pay bills at all this month!! ...

I'm afraid that my answer to Kentuckian wouldn't be seen since I didn't realize that the posts were so far down on the page. i think i posted the wrong link in that post, too, but it was also good info. :) How the Democrats Created the Financial Crisis: Kevin Hassett Commentary by Kevin Hassett - September 22, 2008 00:04 EDT Fannie and Freddie did this by becoming a key enabler of the mortgage crisis. They fueled Wall Street's efforts to securitize subprime loans by ...

But international students pay full price and must certify they have sufficient funds to cover tuition A program to be rolled out at Emory University this fall pledges to pay “100% of demonstrated financial need for undergraduate Undocumented Students (with or without DACA) who are admitted as first-year, first-degree-seeking students,” campus officials state online. More than 200 faculty members recently signed a petition to university President Claire Sterk demanding Emory be declar ...

Hopefully, when the Senate and House blend the bills, it will truly be good for the country. Only time will tell. I noted that 3/4 of the amendments were not introduced or voted on in the Senate. WASHINGTON - Prodded by national anger at Wall Street, the Senate on Thursday passed the most far-reaching restraints on big banks since the Great Depression. In its broad sweep, the massive bill would touch Wall Street CEOs and first-time homebuyers, high-flying traders and small town lenders. T ...

By Daniel TencerThursday, January 21st, 2010 -- 6:31 pm 'If these folks want a fight, it’s a fight I’m ready to have': Obama On the same day that President Barack Obama announced an ambitious plan to reform the US financial system, bankers at the largest Wall Street institutions indicated that they are already finding ways around the proposed changes. Sources at three Wall Street banks told BusinessInsider's John Carney that "they are already finding ways to own, in ...

They've gutted the House financial reform bill and Bernie Sanders if furious. It doesn't help the consumer. It doesn't do much more than what was already in place before the bailouts; i.e., why did they even bother? All they did was waste time. Please see articles below. Financial Reform Bill: Bonfire of the Loopholes: http://www.newsweek.com/2010/05/21/bonfire-of-the-loopholes.html?from=rss”>%20Newsweek Reform Without Punishment: http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/t ...

I must go look at it now that it passed. There were stipulations that didn't rein in Wall Street but one article I read stated it does that. "The Senate passed the financial overhaul package in a final vote Thursday, ending more than a year of wrangling over the shape of the landmark legislation. The focus now shifts to the monumental task of implementing the new regulations over coming weeks and months. The 60 to 39 decision came just before 3 p.m, only a few hours after Democr ...

Anyone want something important to read, the NEEDS to be read, directly applicable to all of us regardless of politics? I think this article in The Atlantic about how our government has quietly been taken over by a business-lead oligarchy (while we quarrel with each other) should qualify. The Quiet Coup The crash has laid bare many unpleasant truths about the United States. One of the most alarming, says a former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, is that the finance ind ...

Good Financial Advice

Love it! - Old part-timer

ROFL, thanks, too funny, and so true! - aid

Funny! Know what we spent our stimulus check on last time? - wait for it..

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