By Pete on Feb 12, 2009 in Automotive & Gas, Cash Flow, bankruptcy | Post a comment
Gone are the days of cheap, reliable cars, I guess.
Man, I could remember the days when you could buy a half decent car, which wasn’t a piece of crap for under $10,000 bucks. Now, go out and try to do the same today with that amount of cash and what you’ll wind up with is either a crappy car from China or an American one made from all the scraps they had left over from the factory!
Why is this … why is there no decent car that is still affordable? Has everyone in America become numb from being forced into wasting more and more money on something that has the idea of transportation as its main goal? Do I need a $30,000, so-called sports coupe if all I’m going to do is travel back and forth from work in it? Should I waste that much money to show all my neighbors that I am just like them? Continued
By Pete on Jan 21, 2009 in Featured, Frugal Living, Money Management | 3 comments
Ok everyone, Obama’s in — the time for change is now!
These idiots in Congress over the last eight years have gotten us into a huge mess! Not to mention that our puppet-president Bush kept vetoing the bills that would have help out the common American, and put his John Hancock (this just in: Hancock is pissed at me for using his name and Bush’s in the same sentence. Sorry, John) on all the ones that only helped the banks. The results of this idiot and his cronies: our economy is in the crapper right now, and we need to at least break the ice towards getting us back on track financially! It is my sincere hopes and dreams that the following will open your eyes to doing just that — please, read on …
U.S. history has proven to us time and time again that printing debt and interest-free currency helps allow our economy to prosper (as long as the honest, can’t-be-bought-off members of Congress control the amount of money that was created). This can then allow more printed dollars into the economy, which will add production, and in the end there will be no inflation. Sweet, huh? Even sweeter: with today’s sophisticated computers we, as a nation, can easily monitor the printing of all money and inflation. Continued
By Pete on Nov 3, 2008 in Home & Real Estate | Post a comment
Home prices are drastically falling everywhere!
Maybe you heard this one too many times (if you’re easily sucked into the TV news you’re probably crapping your pants as you Googled this topic) or maybe you’re experiencing it first-hand (with a bigger mortgage than your home is now worth) but one thing is certain: you have to make sure you are doing everything possible to stop this crisis from stripping away the remaining house value that no one can afford to lose. My suggestion: cut your area’s crime rate down as low as possible…
Crime seriously kills home values. Think about it: you can always find a nice-looking home in a bad neighborhood for peanuts, but why would you want to live there if it’s going to put your family’s life in danger? Now think about this: this fact alone is exactly what’s keeping people from purchasing your neighbor’s (if you live in a bad part of town) home, and further increasing the low-ball offers that you’ll likely get when it’s time to sell yours.
If you want to really reverse this landslide, and you are looking to keep up your home’s value until Congress can get their stuff together, at least make sure that potential buyers don’t have to worry about getting shot or robbed before they have a chance to sign any lending papers. Use the following information to do just that: Continued
By Pete on Oct 31, 2008 in Reviews | Post a comment
“The Week in Review: Money Issues” is my weekly blog research on financial topics that define us as Americans, and shape the way we should do business.
Somebody pinch me!
Did my Phillies just actually win the World Series Wednesday night? I still can’t believe it, and it feels so good that I never wavered (not once) like some of the fair-weather fans that I grew up with (you know who you are, posers)! It just goes to show you: the longer you wait for something, the sweeter it’s going to be when it finally happens! Thank you, everyone on the 2008 team — you deserve this one (have fun at your parade)!
Before I head out of here for the weekend, I want to leave you with some of the good stuff that I came across while surfing this morning. Enjoy: Continued
By Pete on Oct 10, 2008 in Reviews | Post a comment
“The Week in Review: Money Issues” is my weekly blog research on financial topics that define us as Americans, and shape the way we should do business.
Yea, we had a lot going on this week, didn’t we?
First you had the second presidential debate, which Obama won hands down (due to the fact that McCain’s a living idiot who thinks that spreading fear is going to help him replace the king of it — “good” old GWB). Then you had my Phillies advance to the NLCS against the L.A. Dodgers (which, by the way, is helping me make it through the Eagles lost against the Redskins last weekend). And as for Palin … Ok, we’ll stop laughing now (please lady, leave with your dignity — you bit off more than you can chew)!
Before I head out for a wild weekend of baseball, football, hockey and beer, I’ll leave you with the best blog articles that I could muster up: Continued
