Dog wrote an interesting post about how she feels now that her income has been drastically reduced. And worse yet she feels upset about earning a lot less than Senor Dog.  That she feels worthless. That she thinks she’s worth a hell of a lot more than $44k/year, which is about 20% of what she [...]

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Here’s an interesting question on a message board, how much income, or lifestyle makes one financially wealthy?  How do you determine if you are wealthy versus comfortable?  Is there a difference?
Most people said there is a definite difference between being wealthy and comfortable.
Many people can be comfortable no matter what their income if they learn [...]

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A commentor wrote a cool email that made me think.  Broke is a spending problem, while poor is an income problem.  People can spend their way into a lot of problems. They can also have a problem with not earning enough to cover basic bills.
When my DH and I were both graduate students we were [...]

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I was discussing life insurance on a WIR message board, and of course the thread was hijacked into, how much do you need if you are a stay at home parent?  Well according to Salary.com, apparently a stay at home mom is worth $122k in salary.  A working mom’s salary at home is $76k.  Um [...]

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Do you know how much your pastor makes?  Does it matter?  Is there a limit on how much a pastor should make?  A pastor in New York is making $500-600k/year.  This salary has prompted a lawsuit over his “compensation“.  So how’d he make so much?
Base $250k
Housing Allowance (rent) $11.5k = $138k/year
Private school for Child
Maid
Home Equity [...]

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My best friend is with a guy who doesn’t like to work.  Yes it’s wrong on so many levels, but she loves him.  Don’t bother trying to comprehend, it’s beyong comprehension.  She’s a smart girl, except when it comes to men.  She’s always loved losers and admits it.
But here’s the question I posed her, sure [...]

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All personal finance bloggers talk about “living within your means.”  We talk about not spending more than you earn.  Only spending what you can pay off on a credit card monthly.  We talk about consuming what we make.  Yesterday I asked the question do you Need more income?
Well going hand in hand with that is, [...]

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I was wondering, have you ever worked a second job?  Was it  because you were saving for something specific like a home down payment, new car, vacation, etc?  Was it because you didn’t make enough income to cover your expenses?  Or because you had taken a pay cut?
Would you work a second job to bulk [...]

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So Obama is proposing a salary cap of $500k for executives of companies which request federal bailout money.  This salary cap is only for companies who are seeking federal aid.  This is limit the golden parachute idea.  Do you think is a good or bad idea?
I think it’s fine. We’re going to be handing out [...]

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It’s easy to debate the financial loss of income that occurs when a parent stays at home with their children. The easy part is can you really afford to do it? Can you live on one income and survive? Do you have medical benefits? Will you still be able to save [...]

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