Monday, August 11th, 2008
Just a few comments about the major economic story of the summer:
Many pundits and politicians have blamed high gas prices on the lack of competition between the oil companies. I think that theory can be laid to rest. Competition is alive and well in big oil. The fact that we ...
Posted in energy policy | 5 Comments »
Monday, June 30th, 2008
Do you lose track of "un-budgeted" income? Sometimes our plans for extra money don't add up. When we anticipate a tax refund or a stimulus rebate or a job bonus or other side income, we start to spend it before it actually arrives - and many times the math does ...
Posted in budget | 7 Comments »
Friday, June 13th, 2008
After all of the money we made through cc bonuses and bank bonuses last year, I feel like I should be giving cash to the Hustler. The fact is, he has come a long way. There was a time when he was pushing the ethical boundaries of Sprint's dropped call ...
Posted in Free Stuff | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
One of the reasons that I took a new job that moved us several states to the west was that the job change allowed for more family time. And so far, I have had more time to spend with the family. Actually, might be home too much now and I ...
Posted in frugality | 13 Comments »
Saturday, April 26th, 2008
I am sitting here with my latest coffee flavor from Gevalia on a Saturday morning. We have heard a lot about the United State's government plan to revive our sagging economy over the past few months and in light of the news that the stimulus checks might be coming early, ...
Posted in blog round-up, economy | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
We talk about taxes quite a bit on rocket finance. I am generally in favor of any type of tax cut and/or reductions in government spending. Naturally, I have received several questions about the tax rebate that is part of the government stimulus package.
Here are some of my comments and ...
Posted in taxes | 15 Comments »
