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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Just because you make it to be the most powerful leader in the world doesn’t mean you end up rich. Some of our presidents didn’t really have it all together on the personal level. We toured Monticello in 2005 and learned that Thomas Jefferson, one of my favorite presidents died a pauper. Presidents.

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What Is National Financial Literacy Month?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Forty-one percent of adults in the United States gave themselves a grade of C, D, or F on their knowledge of personal finance (according to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey Final Report of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling). Your children know that you are saving money.