Is A Big Screen TV Really A Necessity?
Have we really reach the point where having a giant, big-screen TV is considered a necessity?
Have we really reach the point where having a giant, big-screen TV is considered a necessity?
Over 7 million job lost, rising unemployment rate, plunging stock market values – while most of the headlines over the past two years have focused on the negative impacts of this current recession, there have also been some positive impacts as well.
Here are some tips to help get your financial house in order and to help remove the stress that money can bring to your marriage.
While it’s great that American consumers have been able to take advantage of the government’s cash-for-clunkers program, the heralded program may actually end up doing more harm to the economy than help.
Throughout the Scriptures we find admonitions to remember the poor in the land and yet there are many today who choose to ignore these passages. People tend to come up with a multitude of excuses justify their inaction, but let’s take a look at how the Bible would answer some of those common excuses.
There was a time long ago, when buying an airline ticket was a simple process. The price of the ticket was the price you paid. Nowadays it seems as though the priceof the actual airplane ticket is only the beginning. Airlines began implementing additional fees a few years ago and now it seems they can’t stop. The Pandora box of extra fees has been opened and now it’s impossible to stop the tide of new fees.
Grocery shopping seems simple enough, so why are Americans wasting more money, food, and time than ever before. The government says that the average family spends approximately 10% of their income on groceries and this is one area of most people’s budgets that isn’t a fixed cost.
Almost everyone has their own idea of why gas prices are so high. Some blame the government, others blame commodities speculators, others blame the Arabs, others blame the oil companies, etc. While many of these theories have some semblance of credibility the biggest reason that oil prices continue to rise is because of unrelenting international demand.