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It's never easy to pay down debt. But it's particularly hard when two people are living on under $40,000 a year.

That's my situation. We're paying down $12,000 of debt, even on our limited income.

I talk about frugal hacks I've found, getting b

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  • Citibank is out of touch

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 17:10 in credit cards

    I've been seeing some critiques of credit cards. Once people had to (gasp) pay off all those balances they racked up, they couldn't complain enough about those meanie creditors who lent them way more than was responsible.To be fair, card companies ha...

  • Wherein I go all 'old school'

    Posted on Thursday July 23rd, 2009 at 23:55 in credit cards

    Do people even pay bills by check anymore?I mean, I usually do one or two, but the bulk get paid electronically. There are plenty of reasons it's better. While 42 cents doesn't sound like a lot, it can add up pretty quickly when you have a phone bill...

  • Sorry, but credit cards don't suck

    Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 22:46 in credit cards

    Free From Broke has a tremendous post entitled, "Credit Cards Suck!" As rants go, it's a purty one. Lots of reasons to hate those mean old credit cronies. All sorts of duplicitous maneuvering.But, and this may make me unpopular with the PF crowd, I ...

  • FreeCreditReport.com: As free as it claims to be

    Posted on Saturday January 24th, 2009 at 21:40 in credit cards, freecreditreport.com, trial offers

    Moolanomy recently posted a very upset piece entitled FreeCreditReport.com is NOT Free.Very incensed, he wrote that it cost him quite a bit of money. He didn't notice the charges on his credit card bill for a few months. But, then, he wasn't looking ...