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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Benefits Are Taxable]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Last year was a year to forget, especially if you were one of the many millions to lose their job. Fortunately, through various stimulus packages and other laws, unemployment benefits were extended to help people through a difficult time. Unfortunately, some of those unemployment benefits are taxable as income. Fortunately, for the 2009 tax [...]Unemployment Benefits Are Taxable from personal fin<br/><br/>30 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[How Will Health Care Reform Affect My Employer or Company Sponsored Benefits?]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[How to Qualify for Social Security Benefits]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Social Security program is the largest government program in the world and the single greatest expenditure in the federal budget. The actual name for Social Security is the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program. It consists of many parts, including guaranteed income to the retired, disabled, and qualified survivors, insurance in the form of Medicare, unemployment benefi<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[2011 COLA Increase for Social Security Benefits in Doubt]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The BLS reported that the July Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W) was at 213.9 (1982-84=100). The CPI-W is a subset of the headline inflation number (CPI-U) which covers households of wage earners and clerical workers. The CPI-W is a key inflation index because it is used to determine the [...] Related posts:Update on the $250 Social Security Stimulus Payment<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Open Enrollment and Employer Health Insurance - Making the Most Despite Fewer Benefits and More Expensive Premiums, Deductibles and Co-pays]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's that time of year again when workers have to review and are able to modify their employer sponsored health care insurance and other "fringe" benefits. Unfortunately as I reviewed my health care benefits it seems that my employer is providing less (like excluding Chiropractic benefits) but raising premiums, co-pays and deductibles - which was justified due to the rising costs of health insura<br/><br/>29 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Roth #401k and Traditional 401k Plans - Comparisons, Benefits & 2010 Income and Contribution Limits]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the last few years many company sponsored 401(k) plans have begun offering participants the ability to put money into either a Traditional 401(k) or a Roth 401(k) account. While much attention has been focused on the opportunities for traditional 401(k) plans with an externally held Roth IRA plan, there has been little emphasis on using the Roth 401(k) option. In fact, for many workers the R<br/><br/>28 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Benefits of Starting a Side Business]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Neal Frankle, a Certified Financial Planner and the blogger at The Wealth Pilgrim. Neal is a potential Staff Writer for Get Rich Slowly. For background on Neal&#8217;s personal story, check out his recent article about how he went from homeless to homeowner.You can start a business even if you [...]<br/><br/>26 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Five Jobs with Great Perks & Fringe Benefits]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jobs come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. There are jobs that you take because it&#8217;s a stepping stone to something better. There are jobs that you take just for the paycheck. There are jobs that are fulfilling, beyond that paycheck, and get you up in the morning. And then you have those jobs [...]Five Jobs with Great Perks &#038; Fringe Benefits from personal finance blog Bargaineering.com<br/><br/>24 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Multi-Generational Households Offer Many Benefits]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[After my mom&#8217;s death last September, my wife and I (and our kids) moved to a new home configured to allow my grandfather to live with us. After my parent&#8217;s divorce when I was very young, my grandfather assumed a father-figure role for me my entire life. In fact, I think of him as a [...]Post by Frugal Dad<br/><br/>21 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart Move: Claiming Social Security Benefits Later Rather Than Earlier]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[As a result of the recession, social security retirement and disability benefit claims have risen 50% more than expected. Bloomberg reports that the 150,000 extra retirees claiming benefits may add to the financial pressure on the entitlement program and that expenses would exceed revenue beginning in 2016, with the social security fund running out of money in 2037, four years earlier than their <br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unemployment Benefits Extension Stalls in Senate]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[In normal times, unemployment benefits last twenty-six weeks after someone loses their job. In normal times, it takes newly unemployed people less than 26 weeks to find a job&#8230; until today. But we aren&#8217;t in normal times. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this is the first time since 1948, when they [...]Unemployment Benefits Extension Stalls in Senate from personal<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Life Insurance Benefits Aren’t Taxed (Usually)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I was poking around on the internet the other day when I saw one of those morbid life insurance policy ads. You&#8217;ve probably seen them before too. They usually have someone kneeling at a grave or a kid wearing all black at a funeral. They ask you the pointed question of &#8211; &#8220;If you died [...]Life Insurance Benefits Aren&#8217;t Taxed (Usually) from personal finance blog Bargaineeri<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Health Benefits of Living Frugally]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[People who opt to live a frugal lifestyle don’t usually cite their health as a reason that motivates them to save money. However, there are actually a lot of health benefits to choosing to live a frugal lifestyle. Those health benefits are related to stress reduction, food choices, frequency of exercise and the green living that often comes along with living frugally. You may want to save money f<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Open Enrollment Time: A Guide to Your Benefits Package]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s Open Enrollment time at most employers, the time when you get to choose your benefits coverage for next year. You will review your chosen options, and make changes to them as needed. It&#8217;s important to be familiar with last year&#8217;s benefits. You may get a summary, but can use your paystub to see what [...]<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Are IOUs Coming to My State Replacing Real Money and Benefits?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I remember as a kid, my brother and I used to exchange IOUs (I owe you) for favors owed. In most cases this was for some form of candy or an exchange to do assigned chores around the home. Because we had no money, the IOU's provided the exchange platform for barter. Of course after we got older and had real money this concept became outdated, with this "kids" exchange system left behind. Well, lo<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Benefits of Homemade Household Cleaners]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Have you ever considered making your own household cleaning products? It&#8217;s actually pretty easy to do, and the results can be quite good. But is it worth the trouble?As with many do-it-yourself projects, there&#8217;s a tendency to focus on cost when deciding whether or not to make your own cleaning products. Some people assert that [...]Follow me on Twitter!<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What is a Structured Settlement and Benefits From a Tax and Payment Perspective]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:57:18 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>pdaly</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[I received a letter in the mail the other day from some legal firm saying that they were on the verge of winning a class action suit against a large medical corporation and that I could be entitled to part of their structured settlement; if I could prove I had used a particular cholesterol drug. Personally, I don’t remember using this drug and I think I was not the intended recipient, but my inte<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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