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With all the talk about having a will when you die, very few people consider having one for while you’re alive. Living wills, often referred
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The Questionable Aspects of The Housing Bailout Bill - H.R. 3221
In my last article I wrote about the one aspect of the $300 billion dollar housing bailout that I thought made sense, but the full text of the bill known as H.R. 3221 is over 700
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Who Cares About Where The Stock Market Is Headed?
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