Monthly Archive for: ‘August, 2009’

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  Discussion: “If you smoke or are overweight, then you cost me money and I cannot hire you.”-Fair Or Not?

  With Obama’s recent visit to the Cleveland clinic, who will cease hiring smokers as of September 1, the Today Show is speculating that this may become a corporate health care trend. Here’s the message from Dr Delos Cosgrove, CEO and President at the Cleveland Clinic: [...]

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• Inspiration + Motivation = Financial Freedom

  What motivates you in life? Personally, financial freedom and the ability to pursue my dreams motivate me each and every day.  This is why I started Girls Just Wanna Have Funds because I believe that women should be be inspired and motivated towards breaking any [...]

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  Squeaking By On $300,000: Washington Post Express

  I guess some of my more snarkier commentary was picked up by the Washington Post Express on the Squeaking by on $300,000: Recession Fallout in Six Figures article: *snicker* What can I say?  There are people with larger problems, Ms Steins worrying about squeaking by [...]

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  $15,000 Home Buyer Tax Credit Possible For All Buyers

  As you probably know the original $8,000 Home Buyer tax credit only applied to first time home buyers and capped the income of those eligible to purchase a new home using the $8,000 credit. The House (H.R. 1245) and Senate (S.1230) have presented the following [...]

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  MilkShake Money: Let’s Hope Nas Brought His Wallet To The Yard

  Kelis and her lawyers have made the following determination, you know, since Nas makes considerably more moolah than Kelis: – Nas pulls in $244,826 a month – Kelis rakes in a relatively paltry $13,744 a month – Kelis should get child support totaling $17,225 a [...]

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  Check His Credit: The Fallout And My Response

  Earlier this week the post, Reason #423 Why You Should Check His Credit went live on this site.  What followed was angry commentary from men who were no less than PISSED that I advocate that a women be financially knowledgeable about a man’s finances before saying I [...]

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  Read This: Unemployment + Bad Credit = No Job

  Yes you read right!  If you are unemployed and have bad credit then you have another hurdle to get past:  employers unwilling to higher you because of bad credit. It’s important to note that this is the kind of bad credit where the potential employee [...]

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• Reason #423 Why You Should Check His Credit

  This is so unfortunate but it speaks to my thoughts around checking your mate’s credit and not totally giving up the financial reigns in a relationship.  I can relate to being consumed with wedding expenses and planning and maybe even being tempted to skip a [...]

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  Squeaking by on $300,000: Recession Fallout in Six Figures

  Imagine reading your Sunday newspaper, in my case, the Washington Post where the requisite financial stories abound discussing the recession and families scaling back etc and then screeching at this headline:   Squeaking by on $300,000:  Recession Fallout in Six Figures   Now, like many [...]

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• Borrowers vs. Savers: Who Wins?

  photo credit: Mariano Kamp Borrowers may seem like the victims in the recent financial crisis, but low interest rates and higher FDIC premiums mean savers are paying for it. Based on all the news of mortgage foreclosures and credit card defaults, you might think this [...]

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