Societal norms would tell you that people who struggle to pay bills and yet still buy the fancy coffee are "bad with money." But for broke people like me, it's quite the opposite.
Those optics alone of having no emergency fund or retirement plus mounting debt certainly lend themselves to the illusion that someone is "bad with money." But for me, and many people like me, it's quite the opposite.
The term "broke," of course, is subjective; a survey of 1,000 Americans cited having less than $878 in the bank account as "broke. " But regardless of how you ideate that definition, broke or poor or otherwise financially struggling people everywhere are forced to make tough decisions every day, gamble with those decisions, and make sacrifices to somehow fund the things that truly matter.
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Salt Lake City's New Homelessness Policy Director Calls For More Money For Affordable Housing |
To make progress on that, Johnston said the city and state need — unsurprisingly — more affordable housing.
"We've got needs all up and down the income spectrum," he said. "But our biggest, as far as number of units needed and lack of investment, has been at that very low median income. And that's really the folks who are in the homeless system right now."
He said the Salt Lake Valley Coalition to End Homelessness estimates there's a need for around 3,000 units for people experiencing homelessness.
Make Money Online Marketplace Forum has launched
Cairns, Australia, June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Do you want to make money online? Do you want to make money now without long term investments? Do you want to hear & take advice from a team of passive income experts?
Making money online is possible and there are many ways to make money. Especially now after the pandemic in the world today, governments around the world have been printing so much money which has made the dollar the weakest it has ever been as we are witnessing future consequences of quantitative easing. In our world today, everyone should be working from home to make that extra income/ends meet because business and Income is increasingly being switched over to the Internet.
Advance America: 5 Money-Saving Tips for 2021
These tools can make it easy to monitor every penny spent for a couple of weeks or even months. From there, people might discover easy expenses to cut. For example, they might see they're going out to lunch four days a week at work. Scaling that back by making lunch at home creates some easy savings.
High interest rates that borrowers have to pay can add up. Fortunately, borrowers can often refinance their debts to a lower rate and save every month.
State Board of Education approves rules allowing college athletes to earn money off of their own
Florida is one of five states to allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image and likeness through legislative efforts. Now, Florida’s State Board of Education has approved a set of rules to implement the changes, for the first time allowing college athletes to receive money for their names, images and likenesses.
Shortened to NIL, the legislation goes into effect July 1 and has rules for college athletes in the Florida College System, often referred to as the state’s community college system. (Regulations for Florida's universities regarding compensation for an athlete's name, image and likeness would come from the Florida Board of Governors.)
Lindsay Lohan provides tips on how to make money using NFTs | Connect FM | Local News Radio |
Simply put, NFTs, known as non-fungible tokens, allows buyers to exercise sole ownership over a unique piece of digital media, such as individual songs, videos and images.
The Mean Girls star recently cashed in on the craze by turning her new single “Lullaby” into an NFT, which sold for $85,000.
Speaking with Interview magazine, Lohan, 34, provided a seven-step plan telling others how to make money off the craze, which she believes will be around for a long time.
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The 20-Day Money Challenge: How to Set Up Your Financial Future - The New York Times
Just hitting adulthood and figuring out the financial realities that await you? Or following through on a pandemic pledge to reboot the ones you already have? Now is as a good a time as any to sort them out, and the good news is that we're here to help.
Why now? If you're relatively new to adulthood or the working world, the sooner you have the basics covered the better you'll feel. We've been there — and we've tested all 20 days of this advice personally in our decade-plus of writing about money for The New York Times.
Rossen Reports: Free apps to save money as grocery prices soar
Going to the grocery store is starting to put some pressure on your pocketbook. Major manufacturers are sending out the warning that prices on groceries and household essentials are going to rise.
Want to cut the costs? Our Chief National Consumer Correspondent Jeff Rossen found some easy apps that not only save you money but also make you money as you shop.
Put the scissors away. This app makes clipping coupons so much easier. Flipp collects weekly ads and coupons from stores like Target, Walmart, and Aldi. It then puts all of them on your phone. You can circle the ones you're interested in to keep them in your phone. To store your coupons, enter in your loyalty card information that you have for that store. It will then add that discount to your account.
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