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redneck clip of the week

Oct

2012

Here’s this week’s redneck clip of the week

millionaires receiving unemployment

Oct

2012

I read an article the other day that stated almost 2,400 millionaires received unemployment benefits in 2009 according to the Congressional Research Service (I wonder how much they pay for this service). This got me thinking, should there be an income, or a net worth limit on unemployment benefits?? After all, it is the employer ...

price matchin’ – update

Sep

2012

So yesterday I said I’d go to Wal-Mart to see how their price matching program worked for me. To keep it short, it worked flawlessly. I woke up early this morning when they would be slower, at least slower than a Sunday afternoon after everyone gets out of church, and got online to check the ...

price matchin’

Sep

2012

So in an attempt to cut back on our grocery bill I plan on going through this weeks store ads and finding the lowest prices on a few particular items, especially meats, and seeing how well Wal-Marts price matching program works. The following was taken from their website. We gladly match the price in the ...

better off than four years ago??

Sep

2012

That was the topic on the local New Orleans talk radio station the other day – Are you better off now than you were four years ago? This is a big topic for the campaign (Mitt Romney I think) – One thing you’ll learn about me is that there’s two things I could care less ...

redneck clip of the week

Sep

2012

Wednesday is hump day and what better way to get through the week than to start a redneck clip series….each hump day I’ll scour the web for the most amusing redneck clip I can find…if you have one you’d like to add just link to it in the comment section below!

buying new a better deal than used??

Sep

2012

Recently my we purchased a new car for my wife, a 2012 VW Passat. Now, I know what you’re thinking, it’s cheaper to buy used than new, and that’s true for the most part. Here’s why it wasn’t for us. First of all I wanted to put her in a somewhat newer vehicle considering she ...

geaux saints

Sep

2012

So my job has certain perks to it, one of which is from time-to-time I’ll get tickets to certain sporting events, concerts, music festivals, etc. Now, I’m not big in to football, but I will go to a game if I get a free ticket. However, even with free tickets it’s easy to spend just ...

flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Sep

2012

Flexible spending accounts are a great way to minimize your tax liability and more and more employers are offering them to their employees now-a-days. There are just a few things you’ll want to know before you run out and sign up and you can learn from my mishaps. My last employer, a large regional CPA ...

spend more, save more???

Sep

2012

Recently, I was looking at Shelli and I’s finances and noticed that we were spending way to much on “miscellaneous” purchases. Now, we both have an allowance each month to spend on whatever we want and I decided to cut back our allowance by 25%. I quickly noticed that both of us were going through ...