How to waste money

While driving to work today, I witnessed a guy who must have thought that he would get extra points for being the first to arrive at a red light. On two occasions, his car actually jolted back since he had to break so hard to come to a stop. This guy also insisted [...]

Tax Stimulus Package Madness

Today at work, the water cooler topic was centered around the fact that some of my co-workers had received their tax rebates in their bank accounts. Without exception, those who received their package were borderline euphoric. Since my Social Security Number ends in 83, I will have to wait to share their joy. [...]

ING lowers their interest rate again

ING’s interest rate has plummeted over the last four months and is now down to 3.1%  Good thing I opened a 6 month CD in January at 4.75%  All of these FED interest rate cuts have really done nothing to help stimulate the economy.   I hope Bernanke stops the cuts for a while until he [...]