Comments on: Don’t Call it a Recession http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/ Shane Adams' personal blog about life, movies, TV, music, spirituality, pop culture, poker, and tasty burritos Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: G2 http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-8236 G2 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:09:35 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/#comment-8236 After the great crash of 1929 the government needed something to call the event that didn't seem very negative, so the term "depression" was coined instead of the old term "Panic" I can't remember when recession was first used, but it's it was sure to have made george orwell proud! After the great crash of 1929 the government needed something to call the event that didn’t seem very negative, so the term “depression” was coined instead of the old term “Panic” I can’t remember when recession was first used, but it’s it was sure to have made george orwell proud!

]]> By: Shane http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-8235 Shane Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:13:30 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/#comment-8235 I still think that Personal Finance with Linda Debarthe was one of the most useful classes that I took at Graceland. I still think that Personal Finance with Linda Debarthe was one of the most useful classes that I took at Graceland.

]]> By: Brett http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-8234 Brett Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:07:37 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/#comment-8234 Can i charge my portion of the cow on your credit card? Just kidding, credit cards are extremely dangerous, it still baffles me that we don't require some sort of money or budgeting class in our schools. We require kids to take an hour of P.E. where they learn how to play pickleball(great game by the way) but we don't teach them how to be smart about money. Can i charge my portion of the cow on your credit card? Just kidding, credit cards are extremely dangerous, it still baffles me that we don’t require some sort of money or budgeting class in our schools. We require kids to take an hour of P.E. where they learn how to play pickleball(great game by the way) but we don’t teach them how to be smart about money.

]]> By: travis http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-8233 travis Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:17:17 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/#comment-8233 Your free tip of the day reminds me of the SNL skit with steve martin, don't buy stuff you can't afford: http://danwho.net/mp/index.php?id=snl_dontbuystuff Your free tip of the day reminds me of the SNL skit with steve martin, don’t buy stuff you can’t afford:

http://danwho.net/mp/index.php?id=snl_dontbuystuff

]]> By: Brian http://shanelife.com/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/comment-page-1/#comment-8231 Brian Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:20:19 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2008/01/23/dont-call-it-a-recession/#comment-8231 It would seem to be common sense, but you know the majority of Americans have more consumer debt than ever before. I know it started in college for me, and it took a while to pull myself out of it. Even now, I still have to be careful to not spend money we don't have, which is why I'm working hard on my resolution to get better organized and better budgeted. As for buying Christmas gifts, we went a long way toward cutting back there by arranging a $50 limit gift exchange with my wife's family. This year, I hope to start putting money aside from each paycheck starting NOW, so that we can afford the gifts up front, rather than floating a bit into the following month. The Mvelopes program sounds intriguing and I may start using it soon. Plus, their website has a lot of free resources on budgeting that I am finding useful for planning. It would seem to be common sense, but you know the majority of Americans have more consumer debt than ever before. I know it started in college for me, and it took a while to pull myself out of it. Even now, I still have to be careful to not spend money we don’t have, which is why I’m working hard on my resolution to get better organized and better budgeted.
As for buying Christmas gifts, we went a long way toward cutting back there by arranging a $50 limit gift exchange with my wife’s family. This year, I hope to start putting money aside from each paycheck starting NOW, so that we can afford the gifts up front, rather than floating a bit into the following month.
The Mvelopes program sounds intriguing and I may start using it soon. Plus, their website has a lot of free resources on budgeting that I am finding useful for planning.

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