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• On July Fourth, celebrate freedom from 'wants'

  Posted Jul 02 2008, 09:06 AM by Donna Freedman
  Filed under: Housing, Clothing, Donna Freedman, Budgeting
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  Last July, I was in debt. This year I don't owe a thing. That's the kind of independence I'll be celebrating this Friday: freedom from obligation. And to paraphrase Franklin D. Roosevelt, I'll also be celebrating freedom from wants.
  

  "Freedom from want," according to FDR's famous Four Freedoms speech, means "economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants." I'd like to define that further. To me, a "healthy peacetime life" means having my needs met and my wants under control.   Read More...

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• How not to freeze for nearly free

  Posted Dec 06 2007, 06:14 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Housing, Spending, Saving, Clothing
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  This post comes from Amy B. Scher at partner blog Wise Bread.

  We've finally just figured out how to stay cool for the summer, and now it's getting chilly (or already has, depending on where you live). Time to switch gears, pull out the extra blankets, and figure out how to keep your money from flying away with the wind this winter.

  When it’s cold outside, the cost of staying comfy often starts to heat up. Here are a few ways to survive with just a little bit of effort and not a lot of dough.   Read More...

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