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    • 69 Ratings
    • 4611 Views
    • 99 Comments
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    Breaking Up With Bank of America

    MARCH 10, 2009 8:15AM

    By Lisa Kern


    Topics: tarp, recession, bully companies, credit cards suck, economy, money, shameful customer service, family

    • 40 Ratings
    • 4666 Views
    • 78 Comments
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    What would you do if you found $40,000 in cash?

    JUNE 26, 2009 6:51PM

    By Debra Victoroff


    Topics: money, lost and found, lost money, cash, honest people, absent-mindedness, yo yo ma, cellos, violins, stradavarius, leaving stuff in cabs, leaving stuff on top of your car, add, why doesn't this ever happen to me, ethical dilemma, humor, observation, lots of money, found objects, honesty, brinks armored vehicles, they don't pay brink's guards enough, or maybe they pay them too much

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 2047 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    Failure

    FEBRUARY 1, 2012 8:30AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: musings, perspective, education, money, values, dreams, failure

    • Editor's Pick
    • 35 Ratings
    • 2217 Views
    • 75 Comments
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    The New American Witch Hunt: It's Getting Scary Out There

    MARCH 19, 2009 12:41PM

    By Lisa Solod


    Topics: a.i.g., mccarthy era, scandals, barney frank, bonuses, senate, money, witch hunts, villians

    • Editor's Pick
    • 41 Ratings
    • 2795 Views
    • 74 Comments
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    Christmas in Afghanistan

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 5:25PM

    By BOKO


    Topics: politics, money, afghanistan, economy, business, private contractors, obama, congress, corruption, news, afghanistan, iraq, os, open call

    • 39 Ratings
    • 703 Views
    • 67 Comments
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    GLAD Tidings of a Bargain Shopper

    DECEMBER 27, 2010 11:22AM

    By Linda Seccaspina


    Topics: comedy, money, coffee, target, shopping, spending money, movies, mouthwash, glad containers

    • Editor's Pick
    • 27 Ratings
    • 2196 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Restocking the Lake: The Argument about Social Security

    JANUARY 7, 2011 10:38AM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: politics, money

    • Editor's Pick
    • 52 Ratings
    • 2897 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Why I'm Not Cutting Back and You Can't Make Me (nyahh)

    AUGUST 11, 2009 1:37PM

    By JustJuli


    Topics: lack thereof, money, comedy, news, recession-proof this, recessionomics, recessionista, recession, whining gen xer, gen x, whining

    • 20 Ratings
    • 882 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    Union Life, part 5: Philosophy and Conclusion

    JULY 7, 2011 12:42PM

    By BOKO


    Topics: america, media, television, money, michel foucault, philosophy, capitalism, economy, politics, slavoj zizek, louis althusser, giorgio agamben

    • 38 Ratings
    • 2163 Views
    • 54 Comments
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    It's About Money, Not Love

    MAY 6, 2009 12:58PM

    By Man Talk Now


    Topics: money, love, associates, friends, don't confuse them

    • 13 Ratings
    • 923 Views
    • 51 Comments
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    Pay Premium Price; Control Life

    MARCH 1, 2010 12:52AM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: america, greed, community, money, capitalism, culture, society, politics, family, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1415 Views
    • 50 Comments
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    Guttersnipe

    JUNE 30, 2011 3:51PM

    By Erica K


    Topics: class, money, mental illness, stigmas, shame, family

    • 17 Ratings
    • 697 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Ten Minutes

    AUGUST 22, 2011 11:43AM

    By koshersalaami


    Topics: money, congress, buffet, obama

    • Editor's Pick
    • 33 Ratings
    • 1644 Views
    • 47 Comments
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    Surprisingly, the Solution to Poverty Doesn't Involve Money

    DECEMBER 22, 2010 9:01AM

    By Duane Gundrum


    Topics: democracy, socialism, social programs, poor, mindset, capitalism, money, understanding, poverty

    • 43 Ratings
    • 979 Views
    • 46 Comments
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    A LOVE SONG TO A STAPLER

    FEBRUARY 26, 2010 5:25PM

    By Steve Katz


    Topics: stapler, allowance, mother, money, family, comedy

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3019 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    The Great Recession: Now It's Personal

    JANUARY 12, 2012 12:20PM

    By Cedar Burnett


    Topics: childcare, healthcare, ulcerative colitis, chronic illness, anxiety, money, middle class, recession, economy

    • 33 Ratings
    • 1031 Views
    • 43 Comments
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    Work

    SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 9:07AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: work, jobs, labor day, keeping a job, self-examination, catsitting, work ethic, writing, writing jobs, self-examination, these are my confessions, one of my many major flaws, mooching, relationships, money

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1337 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    A Perfect Matching Gift

    NOVEMBER 25, 2011 4:58PM

    By Kent Pitman


    Topics: made in usa, made in the usa, usa, american, america, industry, contribution, match, monetary, money, velocity, multiplicative effect, multiplier, roi, return on investment, christmas bargains, christmas shopping, shopping, bargains, economics, economy, modeling, sending money abroad, local community, invest, do your part, made in america, american industry, american-made, american made, buy american, charity begins at home, charity, matching gift, gift, matching funds, christmas special, black friday

    • 23 Ratings
    • 1343 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    $250,000 Isn't Rich. Seriously?

    SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 10:25AM

    By Caitlin Kelly


    Topics: income, rich, wealth, being poor, struggling, money, rich foks, taxes, out of work, unemployment, not enough money, business, family, news, politics

    • Editor's Pick
    • 21 Ratings
    • 7233 Views
    • 41 Comments
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    Congress, can you hear me? Extend unemployment benefits NOW!

    JUNE 24, 2010 4:45AM

    By Kat Hudson


    Topics: destiny, manifest, goals, the secret, dreams, writer, love, money, employment, working, work, wages, jobs, unemployment

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