Finance

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28 Jan 2014

Americans Need Their Emergency Unemployment Benefits Now

Over 10 million Americans are still unemployed. It’s bad, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg. We can thank those considerate people in Congress for making an already dire situation much worse when, in December 2013, they simply allowed the emergency unemployment benefits to expire for 1.4 million Americans.

Enrique Grijalva - Mr. Minimum Wage 0
17 Jan 2014

Win a Signed Copy of Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply and a Dirty Limerick!

I figure it’s been awhile since I did a giveaway for what a few drunk bums in the public library consider the best book of all time, Young, Broke & Beautiful: Broke-Ass Stuart’s Guide to Living Cheaply. Plus if you win, I will sign it AND write a dirty limerick in it!

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MauryPovich
16 Jan 2014

Are You Working For A Broke-Ass Business?

Being broke is a pandemic that not only affects people like us, team. Businesses, particularly in large, progressive cities like New York also perpetuate a sense of ‘broke-ness’. It is essential to be able to recognize a broke ass business before it’s too late. Having the ability to recognize when

Enrique Grijalva - Mr. Minimum Wage 0
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11 Nov 2013

What Does It Mean to be Broke?

At the moment, I have enough money to get by. That means I can survive on the bare minimum. Over the last 27 years of my life, money has come and gone, mimicking life’s peaks and valleys. And just like life, I won’t complain about its ups and downs because

Enrique Grijalva - Mr. Minimum Wage 0
06 Nov 2013

Why painting your bedroom wall black can save you from contact dermatitis.

First, if you actually suspect you have contact dermatitis, stop reading. Don’t pick up a paintbrush. Seek medical attention. Thank you. But if allergic skin rashes are more of a general fear rather than an immediate threat, here is a story for you. It started with a moldy couch. Just

Daisy Rawcliffe - Vafrous Vagabond 0
29 Oct 2013

10 Really Stupid Ways To Save Money.

Because, sometimes, stupid decisions and warped logic are the essence of thriftiness: 1) Go commando. Is giving up underwear going to save you on laundry bills? No. But if you have a dangerous shopping habit, here’s one way to get rid of it: “Ooo look at those jeans… maybe I should

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03 Sep 2013

Why Starting a Cult is a Great Way to Stop Being Broke

If this doesn’t convince you, then IDK. I’m fucking broke, man. I’m broke. And Groupon/Lifebooker/whatever discount website is trendy right now, is not REALLY an app or a website, it is an addiction. In the perpetual quest for Patrick Bateman-style physical perfection that is this Hollywood life, I find myself

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