Category Archives: Wasting Money

The Ten Dumbest Things to Buy at a Dollar Store

Posted on September 25, 2009 by rutgerskevin

As of  9/30/09, this post has been read over 167,000 times and was featured on the front page of Msn.com via this  MSN Smart Spending post (which has been read over 419,000 times.) Why all the hoopla over this silly … Continue reading →

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It’s the Energy, Stupid

Posted on September 5, 2008 by rutgerskevin

During the 1992 presidential campaign, democratic strategist James Carville coined the phrase, “It’s the Economy, Stupid.” to focus the Clinton campaign on a perceived Bush weakness. Carville hung up a sign at Clinton headquarters in Arkansas that said: “1. Change … Continue reading →

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