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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
If you click over to Plonkee Money today, you will find that our posts are similar. We wanted to figure out who pays the most money in taxes - someone in England or a person in Wisconsin. We agreed on a baseline profile:
Family of four (two dependents)
Single income of $50,000 ...
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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Most regular readers of Rocket Finance know that we use the Chase Freedom Card almost exclusively. We have earned over $500 cash back (including the sign-up bonus) during the past fourteen months. The Freedom Card cash back rewards are 3% on your top three spending categories. Once you save up ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Just a quick post from the hotel - We are on a trip this weekend that will require us to drive close to 3,000 miles. Our mini-van averages approximately 20 miles per gallon. I don't want to think about this any more. You can figure out the rest at home ...
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Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
Welcome to the 5th Edition of the Finance Fiesta! I wanted to write this post in Spanish, but the only words I know from our neighbors to the south is what I have picked up from my kids watching Dora the Explorer. Plus my keyboard doesn't have any of those ...
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
A year ago, Mrs. Rocket and I made almost $2,000 just from credit card bonuses alone. This year, the bonuses have been a little thin . . . I guess maybe we contributed to cc companies becoming a bit more stingy with free money from credit cards. Anyway, if you ...
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
. . .about a recent deal for our three children.
There was a young woman
Who needed some shoes.
She had so many children
She didn't know what to do. (OK, not really--but it felt like it!)
She had a tight budget
With not much to spare.
But the children's feet kept growing--
They didn't seem to care!
She ...
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Ebates is offering a $10 sign-up bonus again! The bonus was only $5 for the last two weeks, but if you sign up through this link, and make a purchase before February 14th, you will get a $10 bonus. I just found a new store at Ebates that I plan to ...
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Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
I have a number of personal New Year's resolutions, but I am not sure that I am going to share them here. . . However, I am going to post some of the themes that you will find in reading Rocket Finance during 2008:
Fewer posts, but higher quality. I want ...
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Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
seem to have all the luck.
You know the kind. Those people whose life seems to be paved with the red carpet.
Let me describe one of my friends from highschool: E-- was short and bald (at 18), and yet his girlfriend was a tall brunette who had no shortage of possible suitors. . ...
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Monday, December 24th, 2007
In the First Light
In the first light of a new day
No one knew He had arrived
Things continued as they had been
While a new born softly cried.
But the heavens wrapped in wonder
Knew the meaning of His birth
In the weakness of a baby
They knew God had come to earth.
As His mother held ...
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