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Not free to be poor

Posted 1 week 4 days ago by Philip Brewer

Personal Finance, Lifestyle

Bench in herb garden

Nobody wants to be poor. It's a dangerous and constrained position to be in. But there are people out there (me, for instance) who are relatively happy to live at a fairly low standard of living. Choosing to live at a low standard of living means you don't need to earn as much money--which opens up a huge range of possibilities that ordinary people don't have. The way society is organized now, though, that's not a safe option.

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Do You Need Health Insurance for Your Pets?

Posted 22 weeks 10 hours ago by Catherine Shaffer

Personal Finance, Lifestyle, Budgeting

english mastiff 10.5 years old

In my previous post about the hardships of life on a six figure income (queue strings), I mentioned in passing that we had a $4000 veterinary bill for our dog. A couple of people mentioned veterinary health insurance. Nala was actually too old to have qualified for insurance at the time she died. We would have had to have signed her up when she was younger. After Nala died, I checked out veterinary health insurance plans, hoping to save ourselves the same ordeal with our new puppy, Chewie. When I studied details of several plans, I concluded that these insurance programs are not a good deal for pet owners.

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The Dirt on Travel Insurance

Posted 34 weeks 3 days ago by Nora Dunn

Lifestyle, Art and Leisure, Cars and Transportation

travel insurance

In the world of travel insurance, no two policies are the same. Different activities and locales are covered in different ways between insurance companies, and even within the same company you can see different terms and conditions. The information below will help you sift through the weird and crazy world of travel insurance.

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