Yahoo has a good article explaining how all the taxes that you send in are spent. Here are the highlights: Social Security: 21% Military: 20% Aid to the Needy: 16% Medicare: 15% Interest on the Debt: 10% Health and Education: 4% Civilian and Military Retirements: 4% Veterans Benefits: 3% Transportation: 3% Other: 6% So there you have it. I have to admit it’s pretty amazing
Time To Lower Your Broadband Bill
It’s that time again. Are you paying the regular price for your internet service? There really is no need to. If you live in an area that has two high speed internet providers, you’d be amazed at the lengths they’ll go to, to keep your business. I live in an area that has both Comcast and Qwest. They both provide high speed internet services and
Live For Today – Plan For Tomorrow
Personal Finance and saving money aren’t all about the numbers. Sometimes it’s hard to see that when you read all the personal finance blogs, look at your asset allocation, receive your credit card statement, open your checking account or log in to your 401k. In fact, it almost always feels like it’s about the numbers. It’s only when you have a significant event in your
Free Burrito From Chipotle
If you frequent Chipotle you may want to check out the link below. If you buy a burrito on Apr 14th or 15th, you can come back and get a free one on the 16th. Frankly, it isn’t all that great since a simple “buy one, get one free” promotion would have been more convenient, but if it’s right down the block, or you go
Finally, A Use For All Those Pennies!
Check out this pyramid of pennies in order to bring attention to colorrectal cancer screenings: http://www.pennypyramidproject.com/
Time For an Old Car
It’s been about two years since we sold our 2000 Honda Accord to my sister and bought a 1996 Toyota 4Runner from a friend of mine. We originally did this so that we could all be comfortable driving out to the lake while we were towing our Seadoo (we’ve since sold the Seadoo to help cover the cost of the property we bought). Well, now
Net Worth Progress
I know I quit displaying detailed net worth statistics awhile ago since I had some friends and family come across this blog but I thought I’d share some of the progress that we are experiencing. I’ve been tracking what I call “Point in Time” balances for a little over a year now. Up until that point I wasn’t keeping any historical data about our net
Advertise on ELYM
Would you like to advertise on ELYM? Please email: advertise@*nospam*everybodylovesyourmoney.com (You’ll just need to remove *nospam* in the email address) We offer very competitive rates!
Infinity Plus One
I really got a kick out of this article. Yahoo is now going to give it’s Users unlimited storage for email. Google, not to be outdone, is going to offer “Infinity plus one” email storage. There are a couple other funny statements in the article as well. Check it out. The other thing that strikes me about the article is the last few comments regarding
75 Year Old Woman Buying a $360K House in Texas
I love reading Scott Burn’s blog. He has such great examples and questions from people and he really gives them sound advice. He doesn’t yell like Cramer from Mad Money and isn’t annoying like Suze Ormann either. In this particular post, Scott addresses a question from a 75 year old woman. She is selling a $600K house in California and is planning on buying a