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debt snowball debtsnowball This article isn't about saving money directly but it is about elevating your standard of living and saving your community and country (whichever it may be). Where is your money invested? This is really simple. Would you like to save your local community and your state from financial problems? Would you like for there to be more jobs in your city? Would you like for more people to be able to afford ...
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23 hours ago ago from The Livingston County News — Geneseo, NY
Wikimedia Commons We all complain about our elected officials, especially our state legislators and our members of Congress. Well, perhaps not all of us do, but trust in our legislative assemblies probably is on a par with trust in big banks to help out the little guy. Yet, even in years like 2010, when we hear rational cries to throw out all incumbents, the great majority will be re-elected. There are a lot of advantages that ...
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