*snort*
Keenan also said that everyone would get over their “broken hearts.” And if they don’t, I guess she’s got a list of shiny new donors to keep her warm!
As mentioned in posts below, NARAL wears its motivations on its sleeves.
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Future Hipster Defense for Eradicating the Penny
Published April 1st, 2008 in Money and Music. 3 CommentsD suggests that we ought to keep the penny around thanks to being able to enjoy this fine tune:
I think it even better that we eradicate the penny — in twenty years the cool college kids can talk about this totally obscure band who wrote this one song, like, a long time ago, and did […]
What Would Really Be Nice Is a Gas Subsidy
Published January 24th, 2008 in Money and Politics and News. 0 CommentsWhile Alan Greenspan splits hairs to explain why the U.S. is not technically in a recession, Congress reached a tentative deal on a tax subsidy for taxpayers of a certain income level to receive between $300 and $1200 to help revive the slumping economy.
Barbara Ehrenreich smartly dubs this “Clitorial Economics“:
With all the talk about how […]
This exercise was transcribed by Bint. Mark in bold the ones that reflect your experience.
ADULTHOOD:
If your father went to college
If your father finished college
If your mother went to college
If your mother finished college
If you have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor.
If you were the same or higher class than your […]
Never Say I Am Not Proficient at Procrastination
Published April 16th, 2007 in Asides and Money. 4 CommentsChef is delivering our tax forms to the post office as we speak.
More things that suck: Finding out you can’t e-file your taxes without first paying a mere $33 in state taxes, and being unable to because you don’t have that much in your checking account. And it’s snowing.
Things that suck: Spending your Saturday trying to fix the error on your taxes that will not allow you to e-file, an error that you’ve been trying to fix for month, and a window pops up in the help section saying, “Thank you for your patience.”
My patience ran out sometime in March, thankyouverymuch.
More on the Indiana License Plate Ridiculousness
Published April 4th, 2007 in Indiana, Money, Politics and News and Religion. 11 CommentsAt this point it’s practically scandalous.
Talking about the Indiana license plate controversy with friends, somebody brought up that the “In God We Trust” plates probably cost more to produce because of the color of the plates themselves.
Turns out, whatever reason, the speculation is fact.
Since the new “In God we trust” plates became available […]
Gov. Daniels Sez: “This Job or No Job, And You’ll Like It Too”
Published February 19th, 2007 in Indiana and Money. 9 CommentsI’m what you might call “irritated” at a money issue right now (filing taxes rules), but short of going into detail I thought I’d offer a few words of financial encouragement from Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels, former staff member of President Bush, current asshole.
“Of course you feel terrible about anybody who experiences a significant (pay) […]
Experimental budget month is nearly over and I managed to squirrel away almost $100 for Xmas. I already bought Ethan’s Xmas present from a guy I know — it fell off a truck, I’m sure — and today is the day we do holiday decorations. I’m not doing anything big this year because […]
Why I Haven’t Left Yet
Published October 10th, 2006 in Consume, Education, Money, Obligation and Work. 25 CommentsJill has a fantastic post up on some article that derides my generation for having the audacity to want higher education and opportunity. Although the author of said article covers some of the reasons that this generation of young people are deep in debt, she nevertheless labels us “Generation Me,” students and recent graduates […]
Depressing Thought Du Jour: I could pay all my bills if I made $12 an hour.
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