Archive for October, 2007
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Federal Debt Impact on Private Debt
This is the third post in the Federal Debt Discussion series. Previous articles discussed the The Scale of the Federal Debt and The Scale of the Federal Deficit.
The Federal Government borrows money for a lot of different reasons. Some of it goes to funding operations. Some of it is to balance cash flow with expenses. [...]
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007
Glitz,Glamour, and Gambling
Las Vegas
Las Vegas is quite the city. Even ignoring the Strip, it stretches for miles in an arid landscape. At night, the lights spread across the valley. Tile roofs and highways interconnect on this stop between Arizona and California.
As one of the fastest growing urban areas in the country over the past few years, Las [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Consumption by Jack
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
What is Financial Independence?
While I will argue that the specifics of financial independence will vary from individual to individual, there are some commonalities. Using these,it is possible to create a common definition.
Financial Independence is having sufficient mix of assets to both meet current financial needs and a comfortable probability of meeting future needs.
I suspect that you have noticed [...]
