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    • 69 Ratings
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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

    • 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
    • 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

    • 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
    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 35 Ratings
    • 1040 Views
    • 38 Comments
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    A cheeseburger with a side of karma

    JANUARY 4, 2012 4:31PM

    By Lisa Kern


    Topics: belief/religion, motherhood, life lessons, children, everyone needs a pity party sometime, money, recession, karma, family

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 32 Ratings
    • 3504 Views
    • 40 Comments
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    My Shocking $7,500 "Tip!"

    AUGUST 18, 2008 12:30PM

    By Monsieur Chariot


    Topics: money, fashion, comedy, design, family, fiction, tippem, tt

    • Editor's Pick
    • 31 Ratings
    • 2539 Views
    • 34 Comments
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    imponderables

    DECEMBER 13, 2008 9:38PM

    By bbd


    Topics: las vegas, gambling, money, loss, naomi, photos, photography, beauty, façade, veneer, don't look too close, glad to be home, back to work now.

    • 30 Ratings
    • 2244 Views
    • 33 Comments
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    Las Vegas heats up baby

    JULY 15, 2009 7:27PM

    By emma peel


    Topics: os, wonderful osers in the flesh, crazy stupid people, casinos, dive bars, bugsy siegel, flamingo, rat pack, heat, sex, money, frank sinatra, american, canadian, gardenia, billie holiday, las vegas

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 3566 Views
    • 36 Comments
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    Self Medication

    MARCH 21, 2009 10:23AM

    By liza Donnelly


    Topics: cartoon, liza donnelly, humor, economy, new yorker, cartoon marriage, money

    • 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

    • Editor's Pick
    • 28 Ratings
    • 3952 Views
    • 25 Comments
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    A Few More AIG Culprits (with bonus pandas)

    MARCH 16, 2009 11:27PM

    By Saturn Smith


    Topics: politics, economics, money, finance, is bailout one word or two?, goldman sachs, new york fed, aig, drunken pandas

    • 27 Ratings
    • 589 Views
    • 28 Comments
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    How I know I won't be rich anytime soon: Open Call

    JANUARY 17, 2011 5:20PM

    By Oryoki Bowl


    Topics: open call, dating, humor, habits, money, wealth, debt, work, ambition, finances

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