Month: August 2009

Financial Fool. I am.  Are you? Without sounding like an all out advertising for Motley Fool, I’m a big fan. Somehow, I stumbled across them back in 1999. maybe even earlier, 1996.  I don’t remember exactly.  Then, I read a couple of their books which are both great learning tools and entertaining.  I wanted to… Continue reading Save only $125,000 and become a millionaire.

Catch 22: describing a set of rules, regulations or procedures, or situation which presents the illusion of choice while preventing any real choice. source: wikipedia.org Before we get to the Government Budget Catch 22, let’s talk Aesop. One of Aesop’s fables: The Ant and the Grasshopper teaches the moral of hardwork and saving our food… Continue reading Government Budget Catch 22