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Patriotism and Personal Finance - A Brief Walk Through American History

Posted 8 weeks 12 hours ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Taxes, Real Estate and Housing

Child Saluting American Flag

To all the Americans out there, happy Independence Day! I think this a great day to reflect upon how personal finance and patriotism is so intertwined in America. So I dug up a few tidbits from American history and summarized them here.

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Is Social Security Just A Grand Ponzi Scheme?

Posted 15 weeks 2 days ago by Xin Lu

Personal Finance, Taxes

I received my Social Security statement this week and it was a useless piece of paper to me since I do not qualify for retirement benefits yet. I always hear critics of Social Security say that it is a government sanctioned Ponzi scheme, and today I did a little research into why this comparison is often made.

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