Comments for Ways to Save - Moneywinks

Comment on Video Rentals by Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:35:17 +0000

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Comment on Gas prices suck by Jerry

Jerry — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:55:46 +0000

I Think oil should not be a traded commodity. We should pay for what this country uses and not worry about what is happening in other countries or what the price is there.

Comment on Money minded by Steph F

Steph F — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 05:55:21 +0000

I completely agree! I know I wish I would have taken a personal finance class in school. Maybe you should teach one?

Comment on $4 Gallon Gas by Matt Ike

Matt Ike — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:37:41 +0000

Great Post.

Comment on $4 Gallon Gas by Connie

Connie — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:58:31 +0000

Gas prices are absolutely outrageous, and it is a shame what effect they are having on the overall economy… I shudder to think at the effect it’ll have on summer tourism. For goodness sakes ppl will have to think twice about the trip to visit granny only a few states away…better hope granny has email or picture messaging, cuz it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon.

Comment on Things to ponder when buying a house by Sandy

Sandy — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 02:04:14 +0000

I like that you brought attention to total housing costs. Just because someone can afford the mortgage doesn’t mean that they can also afford everything else associated with owning a home. A good rule of thumb is to make sure all of your housing costs (mortgage, utilities, taxes, insurance, utilities, phone and maintenance) are no more than 38% of your spendable income.

This is a neat calculator that will tell you how much interest you will save by paying extra on your mortgage every month: http://www.crown.org/Tools/Calculators/Mortgage_PrePayment.asp

Comment on Building a nest egg by Bus

Bus — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:57:27 +0000

Great advise…with one caveat…

Make sure that you are putting that money you are saving to work for you. Whether it is an ING type of account, or money market, or making regular contributions to your Roth IRA, let that money work for you. Starting to save is the first step, but making sure that you are not just “putting it under your matress” is also very important.

I know that is what Moneywinks would do, I just thought I would throw my 2 cents in.

Comment on Gas prices suck by Primo

Primo — Thu, 29 May 2008 04:46:06 +0000

I think we should all set a State Wide Day and Block all the PUMPS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES .. PULL UP AND PARK IT. Every one get in line and Block the PUMPS … We Need To Set A date Anyone Else in ?????
HOW MUCH MUST WE AMERICANS TAKE???? BEFORE WE STAND UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!!!

Comment on Gas prices suck by Bus

Bus — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:45:25 +0000

Personally I think that the government should ease the bans on drilling of certain areas of the United States. I am not saying that they should try to anger all of the tree huggers in this country, but we are sitting on some of the largest oil fields in the world, and using those natural resources would do a lot more than drive the price of gas down - growth in our economy could be a big reason to open up the regulations. I guess the spotted owl is more important than making sure some people’s kids have enough food to eat! That may be a little drastic, but come on!