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		<title>One Benefit To The Economic Mess: Less Pressure</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/11/09/one-benefit-to-the-economic-mess-less-pressure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;ve never been one to keep up with the Jones&#8217;, I&#8217;ve noticed a palpable sense of relief amongst many friends, acquaintances, and message board posters that the pressure to keep up, show off, and compete is off. At least for the moment. In the heyday of the 1990&#8242;s and early 2000&#8242;s, everything was about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reframing the Economic Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/03/30/reframing-the-economic-crisis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 07:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, it&#8217;s no secret that the economy is in the tank. And it&#8217;s likely that this has you worried, angry, upset, and stressed out. And it&#8217;s no wonder. You&#8217;ve probably watched your investments fall, your retirement may be on hold indefinitely, you may have been laid off, your house is possibly worthless, and your credit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Life Without Debt: Getting By In Tough Times</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/03/10/a-life-without-debt-getting-by-in-tough-times/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2009/03/10/a-life-without-debt-getting-by-in-tough-times/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sadie Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things you learn when you live a life committed to being debt free is how to get by in tough times. We&#8217;ve had our share of lean years, emergencies, and layoffs and yet we&#8217;ve always managed to remain debt free. The worst time I can remember was after we were first married [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Year In Review: What I Have Learned</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/12/30/year-in-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 08:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David G. Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[home value]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[new year reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[past year reflections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stock market collapse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the year ahead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year end review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As the old year draws to a close and a new year is about to dawn, I like to take a few moments to look back on the past year and to reflect on what went right and what went wrong, how things have changed and whether those changes were for the good. I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dave Ramsey Falters in a Crummy Economy</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/12/03/dave-ramsey-falters-in-a-crummy-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Maggie Ellis, guest writer I know many people who are followers of Dave Ramsey&#8217;s financial advice. Since the economy has tanked, it seems like I&#8217;m seeing even more people joining the Dave bandwagon, looking for a way out of the financial messes that they have gotten themselves into. His &#8220;Total Money Makeover&#8221; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Call Me a Consumer</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/10/13/dont-call-me-a-consumer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/10/13/dont-call-me-a-consumer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Derrick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Frugal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer spending]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m growing very tired of the word &#8220;consumer.&#8221; Every time I turn on the TV, the talking heads are discussing &#8220;the consumer.&#8221; Consumers aren&#8217;t spending as much, consumers are cutting back, consumers are hurting, consumers need to increase their spending to save the economy. It&#8217;s as though consumers are the only component of the economy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Economic Crisis Means to You</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/10/11/what-the-economic-crisis-means-to-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/10/11/what-the-economic-crisis-means-to-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joe Morgan</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=2976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At any given time in your life you may find yourself in a financial situation not of your making. The recent credit crisis in America is a prime example. It is a uniquely perfect storm to be sure, the kind of economic crisis that comes along once every 50 -100 years perhaps, but that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Money Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/27/weekend-money-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/27/weekend-money-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Strain</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Personal Finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carnivals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=2869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: 43 Mortgages Within Same Family What really killed WaMu? What Are the Economic Collapse Indicators to Watch For? An odd welfare story The Power of Negative Thinking 5 percent on CDs may not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Lessons We Can Learn from Our Grandparents</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/20/financial-lessons-grandparents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/20/financial-lessons-grandparents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cain</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=2576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your grandparents (or maybe great-grandparents) were better than you at saving money. If you think long and hard about that, most of you will probably agree with that statement. There are a number of reasons why they were better and some things we can learn from those facts. Let&#8217;s dive right into those reasons. Awareness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekend Finance Reading</title>
		<link>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/20/weekend-finance-reading/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pfadvice.com/2008/09/20/weekend-finance-reading/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 08:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey Strain</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[stock market]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.savingadvice.com/blog/?p=2735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week: International Central Banks Team Up Governement Planning to Transfer All Bad Bank Debt to Taxpayers SEC Plans to Temporarily Ban Short-Selling Government Buying Bad Debt Money market accounts not so safe Bernanke: &#8220;We [...]]]></description>
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